The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed two separate appeals filed by the Labour Party (LP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) against the declaration of Hope Uzodimma as the elected governor of Imo State.
The appeals of the LP governorship candidate, Athan Achonu and that of PDP Samuel Anyanwu were rejected for wants of merit by the Supreme Court and consequently upheld Uzodimma as a lawfully elected governor.
In the lead judgment delivered by Mohammed Baba Idris, the LP and PDP gubernatorial candidates were said to have failed to establish allegations of over voting and other malpractices against the November 11,2023 polls.
The unanimous decisions of the apex court upheld the earlier decisions of the Court of Appeal and that of Imo State Governorship Election Petition, which sat in Abuja and dismissed the petitions in their separate judgments.