The Action Alliance, AA, candidate in the recent governorship election in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, has welcomed today’s Federal High Court judgment on the Imo West Senatorial election.
Justice Okon Abang-led Federal High Court had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue the immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha with Certificate of Return for winning the senatorial election.
The judge held that INEC lacks the right under any known law in Nigeria to withhold the Certificate of Return of a candidate after he has been declared as winner.
Reacting to the ruling, Nwosu, who is Okorocha’s son-in-law said the judiciary has proven to be the last hope of the common man.
Addressing journalists in Owerri, the state capital, Nwosu said, “The judiciary has shown that it is the last hope of the common man. The landmark judgment has shown that no matter how hard you try to suppress the truth, justice will always prevail.”
