Supreme Court Upholds Uzodinma’s Election, Dismisses LP And PDP Petitions

Supreme Court Upholds Uzodinma’s Election, Dismisses LP And PDP Petitions

The Supreme Court has dismissed two separate appeals filed by the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the declaration of Hope Uzodinma as the elected governor of Imo State…….CONTINUE READING 

The appeals, brought forward by LP’s governorship candidate, Athan Achonu, and PDP’s candidate, Samuel Anyanwu, were rejected due to a lack of merit, leading the Supreme Court to affirm Uzodinma as the duly elected governor.

In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Baba Idris, the court ruled that both the LP and PDP candidates failed to prove allegations of overvoting and other electoral malpractices during the November 11, 2023 election.

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decisions upheld the prior rulings of the Court of Appeal and the Imo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, both of which had dismissed the petitions in their respective judgments.

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