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Supreme Court To Hear Ihedioha’s Case Tuesday

Chief Justuce Tanko Muhammad, who led the seven-man panel hearing the PDP application for review adjourned hearing after a request by Kanu Agabi, counsel to Ihedioha.

The January 14, 2020 Supreme Court verdict annulled the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the PDP and in his place, named Sen. Hope Uzodinma of APC as the duly elected governor of Imo State / Photo credit: vanguardngr.com

The Supreme Court has adjourned until Tuesday, the case brought by Emeka Ihedioha and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to review its judgement on the Imo governorship tussle which made Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), governor of the state.

Chief Justuce Tanko Muhammad, who led the seven-man panel hearing the PDP application for review adjourned hearing after a request by Kanu Agabi, counsel to Ihedioha.

Agabi said his client had been served a process by the respondents, the APC and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in court in the morning and needed time to study and respond to the issues raised.

The Supreme Court had annulled the election on January 14

The lawyer of the APC and Governor Hope Uzodinma, Damian Dodo, and that of INEC, Tanimu Inuwa, wanted the hearing to go ahead regardless of the application by the PDP.

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