Supreme Court Has Altered Imo Political Calendar-Lawyer

A Constitutional Lawyer, Angus Chukwuka says the Supreme Court judgement of Imo State which nullified the election of Governor Emeka Ihedioha and declared Senator Hope Uzodinma as Governor has altered the political calendar in the State, noting that the judiciary should always feel the pulse of the society.
Chukwuka stated this while reacting to the recent outcome of the Supreme Hope Court judgement declaring Senator Ozodinma as Governor of Imo State during a live radio programme monitoried by The Tide in Port Harcourt.
The human rights said he was not questioning the judgement of the country’s apex court, but said the ruling has got people talking and asking questions especially as Uzodinma came fourth in the said election declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in March 2019.
“So the Supreme Court, so to speak, now included those votes having declared that they were unlawfully excluded but should be included.
“So when the Supreme Court sneezes, other courts bow and that is why the judgment of these other lower courts were set aside. So we abide by that judgment. But as a human rights lawyer, you know my advice to the judiciary is always to feel the pulse of the society, the voices of the common man.
“But when we look at the public sentiments, we might question it because within Imo State itself, there is an outcry that the Orlu zone has taken more that it deserves. The other zones in Imo State are disadvantaged politically. So sometimes when judgments are given you have to look at the feelings.

Dennis Naku