Anambra PDP Embarks on Protest against S'Court Judgment on Ihedioha

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State at the weekend protested the judgment of the Supreme Court which sacked the PDP candidate for the 2019 Imo State governorship election, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, on January 14 and installed Senator Hope Uzodinma of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election.



Members of the party in their thousands who thronged the Anambra State judiciary complex, led by the state Chairman, Mr. Ndubuisi Nwobu, called President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly wade into the matter, while also urging the judges of the Supreme Court to reverse themselves, describing the judgment as a travesty of justice.



Nwobu, who addressed journalists at the complex, said: "We request that the judiciary should act as an independent arm of government.

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"PDP in Anambra State wish to state clearly its unreserved rejection of the Supreme Court judgment delivered on January 14, 2020, with respect to the governorship election of Imo State.



"They want to foist Hope Uzodinma on the people of Imo State. There is no way a panel of seven judges, no matter how erudite, can sit and decide the fate of the Imo people, after the people have made their choice.



"There have been instances where the Supreme Court reversed itself, so we are calling to question that judgment and asking the judges to accept their mistakes and remedy it urgently. That is what we urge the apex court to do and not to ever make such mistake again.”


Also, the former governorship candidate of the party in Anambra State in 2017, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, speaking on the court being the apex court in the land, said the judges are not infallible, and should be able to accept their mistakes.



"The only thing that is impossible is to live forever. The judges who passed this judgment are not infallible, and the thing (judgment) they did is not right so they must find the courage to reverse themselves."


Members of the party, who dressed in black attires and numbering over 3,000 carried placards with different inscriptions while protesting against the Supreme Court recent judgment.

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