Imo: Supreme Court judges will know no peace, says Umahi
- A PDP chieftain has called on judges of the Supreme Court to reverse the decision to sack Emeka Ihedioha as Imo state governor
- Austine Umahi, vice chairman of PDP, declared that the judges will know no peace until they reverse the decision
- Umahi said the judiciary has since lost the respect it used to command in the past from the masses
The southeast zonal vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Austine Umahi, has declared that judges of the Supreme Court will know no peace until they reverse the decision to oust Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo state.
The apex court had declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state sparking condemnations and protests nationwide.
Umahi who was speaking at the PDP protest in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital over the judgement, said the judiciary has since lost the respect it used to command in the past from the masses.
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“We are giving them 24 hours to reverse the judgment. If they don’t reverse the judgment, then democracy has been murdered in Nigeria. If they don’t reverse the judgement, they will never have peace in their lives,” The Nation quoted him as saying.
He continued: “It is very unfortunate that our democracy has been murdered. It is very unfortunate that under the watch of the judiciary our democracy is murdered. Our understanding is that judiciary is the last hope of the common man, but today it is the lost hope of the common man.
“They should reverse and reinstate the man that was elected by the Imolites and he is the RT. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and not a man that was imported and through the back door imposed on the people of Imo state.
“Once judiciary is captured, we are finished in this country and from all indications, we can see that we have a compromised judiciary. We can see there is no independence again. There is no rule of law in this country.”
Meanwhile, in an attempt to register its displeasure over the sacking of Ihedioha as the governor of Imo state, a group has petitioned President Donald Trump to place visa ban the seven Supreme Court justices who unanimously declared Uzodinma as the winner of the election.
The group known as the Imo Diaspora Coalition for Justice and Democracy in a petition asked President Trump to place the Supreme Court justices on “visa ban” or “no-fly zone.”
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Ihedioha himself had accused the apex court of subverting the will of the people of Imo.
In a statement made available to Legit.ng on Wednesday, January 15, the former governor stated that he was clearly elected by the people of Imo, adding that the mandate given to him by the people of the state has now been truncated and cut short by the Supreme Court.
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