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By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state government yesterday asked the Emeka Ihedioha, administration, to be prepared to give account on his spending of N20 billion Imo state allocation, with nothing to show for it. The commissioner for Foreign/ International Affairs, Fabian Ihekweme, spoke in Owerri, added that the monies wrongfully used will be recovered
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By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday claimed that the Supreme Court was misled in sacking Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo state. This is even as the party said there were facts not tabled before the apex court before it went ahead to declare
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A former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to review its ruling on the state governorship election. The apex court had in its January 14 judgement sacked Ihedioha and declared Hope Uzodinma as the duly elected governor of the state. Ndukwe Nnawuchi (SAN), who served as the state Attorney-General
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Wednesday, asserted that lack of electoral integrity and absence of internal democracy led to a recent judgment by the Supreme Court over the case between Hon Emeka Ihedioha and Hope Uzodinma. This was stated by the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, in
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All of them rigged election – Anokam Supreme court did the right thing – Former PDP scribe By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri Imo state stakeholders yesterday continued to bare their minds on the verdict of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, that voided the government of Emeka Ihedioha, (Peoples Democratic Party) and upheld Senator Hope Uzodinma, (All
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Barely one week after the apex court quashed the election that brought in Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the winner of the 9, March 2019, Imo Gubernatorial election, the bigheads of the opposition party, today marched to the various streets in Abuja protesting, insisting that the Supreme Court judgment should be reversed.
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Say apex court’s action portends danger on Nigeria’s democracy By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Joseph Erunke – Abuja As mixed reactions continue to trail last week’s judgment of the Supreme Court which removed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, some civil rights groups have said the apex court’s action was more
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By Chimaobi Nwaiwu – Nnewi The International Society for the Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, has described as Black rain falling in Imo State and Palm Kernel ripening at the tail of palm frond, the Supreme Court Judgment On Imo State governorship election, which unseated former Governor Emeka Ihedioha. Also, the Human
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Security agents have barricaded Imo Government House, Owerri, following the Supreme Court judgment against Gov. Emeka Ihedioha on the March 9, 2019 governorship election in the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country’s apex court on Tuesday gave the ruling against Ihedioha of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The court directed the
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By Chinonso Alozie Jubilation has taken over the political atmosphere of Imo state, after the supreme court declared Senator Hope Uzodinma, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, authentic winner of the 2019 governorship election. Vanguard observed on Tuesday, in Owerri, the celebration mood was high as some people were seen discussing it happily. Uzodinma won
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