State and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka
Ihedioha, at the weekend, filed a petition before the Election
Petition Tribunal in Owerri, challenging the re-election of Governor
Rochas Okorocha.
In the suit with Number EPT/IM/GOV/3/2015, filed against Okorocha, the
All Progressives Congress (APC) and 35 other respondents, Ihedioha
insisted that the election was flawed by violence, intimidation,
widespread malpractices and partisanship on the part of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Ihedioha, through his lead counsel, Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN), is
praying the court to declare him winner of the election or
alternatively, cancel the election and conduct a fresh governorship
poll in Imo State.
He pointed out that the electoral process was fraught with
substantial non-compliance particularly the extensive infringement of
paragraph 28 of the guidelines for the 2015 election by declaring
results on votes obtained without accreditation or in excess of
accredited voters.
The PDP candidate alleged total breach of the principle of neutrality
embedded in the Electoral Act as, "flagrantly" perpetrated by INEC
staff and agents.
He urged the tribunal to order the governor-elect to return the
Certificate of Return issued to him by INEC.
--TheSun
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