Imo Judgement: Don Advocates Constitutional Review Over Political Cases

A university teacher and public affairs analyst, Dr. Ken Nweke, has advocated an urgent review of the Nigeria Constitution in order to pave the way for a review of political cases.
Nweke who is an associate professor of Political Science at the Ignatius Ajuru University stated this in Port Harcourt while reacting to the recent Supreme Court judgement that set aside the application by Emeka Ihedioha and his party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for the apex Court to review its earlier decision that returned Hope Uzodinma as the duly elected Governor of Imo State.
The Tide recalls that in his dissenting judgement, Justice Centus Nweze held that a judgement or order of the supreme court can be set aside on merit, adding that the apex court had the power to overrule itself “and has done so in the past”.
Nweke further said constitutional amendment will enable the Supreme Court review its own judgements, noting that the minority view of one the judges in the seven man panel is a pointer that the Supreme Court should be expanded to accommodate more views before taking a final decision.
According to him, “Owing to the minority judgement given by justice Nweze out of the seven justices that sat over the review of the Imo State Gubernatorial election matter, I want to say clearly that we need to quickly amend the relevant sections of the Constitution that only empowers the Supreme Court to adjudicate on matters and then it becomes a finality,” saying such review will restore the confidence of Nigerians in the judiciary.