Breaking: Uche Nwosu loses at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has just a few minutes ago finally quashed the governorship ambition of Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law of former Governor Rochas Okorocha.
In a unanimous judgment, the Court in a Suit filed by the Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere-led Action Peoples Party, APP, held that by virtue of Uche Nwosu’s double candidature and in line with the clear provisions of the Electoral Act, he was bound to be disqualified from the election and affirmed the judgments of the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
By this judgment, the Election Petition Appeal against the election of Governor Emeka Ihedioha also before the apex court by Uche Nwosu is also dead and buried. This is because Uche Nwosu was not a validly nominated candidate for the election and therefore lacked the locus to file a petition before the Governorship Election Tribunal.
While reacting to the judgment, the National Chairman of the Action Peoples Party, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere declared that the significance of this judgment was that Imo State was finally liberated from the Okorocha dynasty which for eight years “fleeced and destroyed” the state. He expressed joy that his Party was the one that “sealed the fate of the Okorochas and liberated Imo State from their shackle”.
He also called on the EFCC and the ICPC to take advantage of this judgment which has permanently robbed Uche Nwosu of his planned immunity and investigate him, Senator Rochas Okorocha and their ilk with a view to recovering every Imo kobo “stolen” by them.
