Former vice Presidential candidate Peter Obi, party chairman Uche Secondus, former senator Dino Melaye, other leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party held a protest on Monday in Abuja to denounce the recent Supreme Court judgement that sacked one of its governors, Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State.
The protest was led by the party’s national chairman, Uche
Secondus, and other members of the national working committee.
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Members of the party in Imo, Taraba, Abia, Yobe and Ogun
states had on Sunday also held protests urging the apex court to reverse itself
and declare Mr Ihedioha the winner.
In Owerri, the Imo State capital, protesters blocked major
streets to show their rejection of the ruling.
On Monday, the PDP protesters, all in black attires, began
the procession from the party’s campaign headquarters, Legacy House, in Maitama
district of Abuja.
They are to march to the three arms zone where the Supreme
Court is located.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday nullified Mr Ihedioha’s win and
declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of
the March 9 governorship election in the state.
Mr Uzodinma originally came fourth in the election, behind
Uche Nwosu of the Action Alliance and Ifeanyi Ararume of the All Progressive
Grand Alliance (APGA).
The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Chief
Justice Tanko Muhammad gave the unanimous decision on Tuesday in Abuja.
The PDP chairman, Uche Secondus, had announced on Friday
during the party’s emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting that
the party would embark on a protest.
He said the aim of the protest would be to impress on
Nigerians that injustice had been done to the party.
According to him, the declaration of Hope Uzodinma of the
ruling APC as the Imo State governor is a miscarriage of justice.