Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state, says it is the \u201cheight of ignorance\u201d for people to describe him as \u201csupreme court governor\u201d.<\/p>\n
Speaking when he featured during a Channels TV programme, the governor said those describing him by that tag lack understanding of how the court works.<\/p>\n
In January, the apex court declared Uzodinma as governor after ruling that Emeka Ihedioha, who was announced winner of the state governorship poll, was not duly elected.<\/p>\n
Some, however, faulted the court\u2019s decision, and started calling Uzodinma \u201csupreme court governor\u201d.<\/p>\n
During the TV programme on Friday night, the anchor asked him if he was unsettled by the tag, to which he responded that his emergence followed due process.<\/p>\n
He said he was not the first person to have been declared winner of an election by the court, wondering why his case should be different.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the height of ignorance because I don\u2019t know what they mean by that,\u201d the governor said when asked, adding “There is a reason for the supreme court. In the doctrine and principle of democracy, the law expected that there would be grievances and malpractices in the electoral process.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen this happens, the only legitimate right you have is to seek redress at the court. And of course, the court determines.<\/p>\n
\u201cRemember that this is not the first time, so many elections had held where the candidates went to court and they got justice. So, why will mine be different?\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to count for the votes of some persons during the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went to the supreme court and INEC was unable to explain why they did not enter the result. It was a simple judgment; the supreme court said INEC was wrong,\u201d Uzodinma added.<\/p>\n
The governor recently petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) and Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, over the tag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state, says it is the \u201cheight of ignorance\u201d for people to describe him as \u201csupreme court governor\u201d. Speaking when he featured during a Channels TV programme, the governor said those describing him by that tag lack understanding of how the court works. In January, the apex court declared Uzodinma as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":127345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,15,2,4],"tags":[55485,163,2174],"yoast_head":"\n