Legal guru, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Mike Ahamba has said that Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha, the Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, and Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Imo State, will retrieve his mandate as the Governor of Imo State soon from the Tribunal.
Ahamba who spoke during the inauguration of the Tribunal in Owerri, said that in the end either the Tribunal hands Ihedioha the Imo Governorship mandate, or the election is nullified for a fresh election which will usher Ihedioha into Douglas House Owerri.
The SAN who is spear-heading Ihedioha’s case in the Tribunal, leading other seven SANS, maintained that his client will get justice and be declared winner of the Governorship election.
“Our target is to return Emeka Ihedioha to the Government House or in the alternative, have the election nullified. We pray we don’t miss both” Ahamba said.
Meanwhile, the chairman of Imo Governorship Tribunal, Justice David Wyom has sent a warning to all parties to mind their words while delivering their prayers in the Tribunal, as he would not entertain foul words from any counsel.
He said that everybody coming to the Tribunal must prepare their cases well, as the Tribunal would not have time for frivolities, because the Tribunal has only 180 days to wrap up its sittings.
“It is pertinent to warn that this Tribunal will not tolerate any act capable of compromising any or all its members, the staff of secretariat or appearing to impugn its integrity”. Justice Wyom said.
Even though Owelle Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress, APC was declared the winner of the election by the INEC and is being sworn-in today as the next governor of Imo State, the Ihedioha camp still believes it is just a temporary stop-gap, as the Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives is poised to remove Okorocha from the coveted seat soon.
