State capital for complaints arising from the conduct of March 28 and
April 11 2015 elections, who is losing sleep over his case is Senator
Osita Izunaso of the APC candidate, against incumbent, Hope Uzodinma,
Izunaso is reported to be plotting to use the tribunal as the last
stroke to gain victory.
Trumpeta reports that the camp of Izunaso who is challenging the
victory of Uzodinma especially that of Oru East LGA results during the
Presidential/National Assembly elections will use paid.
Trumpeta reporter observed that the focus of the ex-senator is Oru
East communities where people are said to be conscripted to come and
testify at the tribunal that no election was held in the area.
A Chieftain of the party in the area (names withheld) who confirmed
the development, revealed that the sum of N50,000 was dangled before
willing APC party men and women to appear and testify against that the
conduct of election in Oru East where Uzodinma garnered more votes
against Izunzso did not had.
The design, it was further gathered was for the paid witnesses to
testify that the election was not held to enable the panel of Judges
nullify the Oru East result. To herald this claim, Trumpeta learnt
that three prominent politicians of Orlu zone and former associates of
Uzodinma in PDP have also been handed the yeoman's job of using the
media to sensitive the public that no election was held in Oru East
during the National Assembly election. The trio, Messers Rex Arunobi
(Solam), Steve Asimobi and Samfo Nwankwo few days ago were on air in
one of the national electronic media alleging that no election was
conducted in the domain of Senator Uzodinma.
People of Oru East were said to be piqued of the claims of Sokom,
Asimobi and Nwankwo as they are from Oru East and also no where near
the LGA during the National Assembly election, to make such public
statements.
The reporter further gathered that apparently paced with defeat, it
was top APC agent, and Izunaso coordinator one Austin Onyedebu, who
was accused of allegedly placing calls to youths in area to stop the
election but his efforts were futile and of no effort.
This newspaper further gathered that INEC adhlio staff and workers on
duties during the election conduct were issued with incident forms to
record cases of disruption of polls in their jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, the Imo State Elections petitions Tribunal has kick-started
proceeding with not less than 38 petitions flooding the members.
Details of the petition revealed that 8 cases are for senate while 18
and 11 matters are for House of Reps and State Assembly respectively.
Topping the list are cases brought against Senator Uzodinma by Izunaso
and others challenging victory of Athan Achonu as Okigwe zone
senator-elect under PDP. The victory of Rt Hon Goodluck Nanah Opiah of
PDP is also contested by the Deputy Speaker, Domatus Ozoemena, for
Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru West
Meanwhile, it as is usual with every election and quest for justice,
the Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) holden at Owerri, Imo State has
swung into action since Monday last with thirty eight petition so far
before it.
The three-man tribunal under the chairmanship of Justice A.Y Sanya has
Justice S.O Falola and Justice P.P, as tribunal secretary.
In an interview on Thursday in his office, the tribunal secretary, A.M
Aliyu told Trumpeta that the tribunal is currently handing eighteen
House of Representative petitions, eight senatorial and twelve state
Assembly petitions.
He disclosed that there was no deadline yet for receiving of
applications assuring that the tribunal would accommodate as many
petitions that would come to it.
In another development, some of the cases which came up on Wednesday
6th May, 2015 were adjourned to the thirteenth of this month. The
cases included, case number EXT/IM/HR/8/2015 Bertran Okafor and Mr.
Henry Nwawuba
The case between Engineer Chukwudi Ololo and Hon Ezenwa Onyewuchi with
suit number EPT/IM/HR/5/2015, Senator Osita Izunaso against Senator
Hope Uzodinma and Eighteen others in suit number EPT/IM/SEN/4/2015 as
well as that between Hon Uchechukwu Onyeagocha and Hon Sam Nnaemeka
Anyanwu in suit number EPT/IM/SEN/8/2015.
--Trumpeta
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