Governorship election: Governor Ihedioha wins as Supreme Court delivers judgement
- Supreme Court delivers judgement on the 2019 election victory of Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo state
- In a unanimously held decision, the judges uphold the rulings of the trial and appeal courts sitting in Owerri, Imo state
- While dismissing the appeal for lacking in merit, the court awards a N200,000 cost against the appellant.
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, July 30, dismissed the appeal filed by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo state, Samuel Nnaemeke Anyanwu, against Governor Emeka Ihedioha.
The appeal, according to The Nation, was filed against the emergence of Ihedioha as the candidate of the PDP in the 2019 election.
It was learnt that the judgement was delivered unanimously by a five-man panel of the court.
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The judges upheld the earlier concurrent judgments of the trial and the appeal courts sitting in Owerri, which held in favour of Ihedioha with the argument that Anyannwu did not prove his case.
The trial court had ruled that Anyanwu could not prove his allegations of manipulation and thuggery among other issues, which, according to him, marred the process.
Delivering the lead judgement, Justice John Okoro dismissed the appeal for lacking in merit and awarded a N200,000 cost against the appellant.
Legit.ng earlier reported how the Supreme Court, on Monday, July 29, dismissed a suit filed by Gilbert Nnaji, seeking the disqualification of Chimaroke Nnamani, former governor of Enugu state, as senator representing Enugu East district.
Justice Mary Odili, in a lead judgment, held that the case was statute barred and therefore dismissed the motion on notice brought by Nnaji.
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she said: “This appeal is hereby dismissed having been withdrawn by the counsel to the appellant without any objection and there shall be no order as to costs.”
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