Imo Governor-Elect, Senator Hope Uzodinma and his Deputy, Professor Placid Njoku will be sworn in Wednesday at 1pm.
Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Paschal Nnadi, will conduct the
inauguration at the Government House where security remains tight
Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will then give an inaugural speech.
Thereafter, he will address a press conference.
Uzodinma is expected to announce his first set of appointment within 24 hours.
Positions like Chief of Staff, Secretary to the State Government and Chief Press Secretary would be filled.
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous Judgment on Tuesday, sacked Emeka
Ihedioha of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as Governor, and declared Uzodinma the winner.
It ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Uzodinma a certificate of return.
A seven-man panel, in its decision, held that Ihedioha did not win
the majority of votes cast at the March 9, 2019 governorship election.
The judgment delivered by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, held that the
candidate of the APC won on grounds that he polled majority of the
lawful votes cast at the election.
The apex court held that the lower court erred in law when it
rejected evidence tendered before them to the extent that votes from 388
polling units were not credited to APC and Hope Uzodinma.
Kekere-Ekun said with the result from the 388 polling units, the APC
governorship candidate polled majority lawful vote and ought to have
been declared winner of the election by INEC.
The judgment set aside the judgment of the Imo election petition
tribunal and that of the Court of Appeal both of which had refused to
recognise and accept the votes of the 388 polling units as being
unlawfully excluded in the general collation.
Uzodinma and APC had in their appeal pleaded with the apex court to
review the judgment of the two lower courts against them and restore
their victory in the March 9 governorship election.
Earlier, the court struck struck out the appeal against the election
of Ihedioha filed by Uche Nwosu the governorship candidate of the Action
Alliance (AA) in the March 2019 election.
The Justices struck out the appeal following an oral application for withdrawal by counsel to the appeallant, Solomon Umoh SAN.
Nwosu and his party, AA were among three candidates seeking the
nullification of Ihedioha’s election on allegations of malpractices and
non compliance with the electoral laws during the March 9 governorship
election in Imo State.
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Imo: Details of Hope Uzodinma’s swearing-in
Description : Imo Governor-Elect, Senator Hope Uzodinma and his Deputy, Professor Placid Njoku will be sworn in Wednesday at 1pm. Chief Judge of Imo ...
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