Okorocha Survives Removal From Supreme Court

 

The Supreme Court Friday upheld the election of the governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha as it held  that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  was barred from litigating an election petition which its candidate, Ohakim Ikedi had unsuccessfully challenged before an election tribunal.

In a comprehensive judgment which was unanimously agreed to by six justices of the apex court, Justice Clara Ogunbiyi berated the Owerri Division of the Court of Appeal for allowing PDP to have a second bite at the cherry when it joined the party in a suit filed by Ifeanyi Ararume, the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the state governorship election. Details later