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Tribunal dismisses 3 petitions challenging Ihedioha’s election
Imo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Saturday affirmed the election of Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha.
The tribunal dismissed three petitions challenging Governor Ihedioha’s victory at the March 9, 2019 poll.
The three petitions were filed by the All Progressives Grand Alliance and its candidate, Ifeanyi Ararume, Action Alliance Party, and its candidate Mr Uche Nwosu, as well as the All Progressives Congress, and its candidate, Hope Uzodinma.
A three-man tribunal led by Justice Malami Dogondaji, unanimously held that the petitions lacked merit.
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The tribunal also held that the petitioners failed to prove that Ihedioha was unlawfully declared as the governor of the state by INEC.
Senator Uzodinma had approached the tribunal claiming that governor Ihedioha did not meet the constitutional requirement to be declared governor and that there was no substantial compliance to the law in declaring him as governor.
Justice Dogondaji said six preliminary objections were filed in the said petition. All the applications were dismissed for lacking in merit.
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