BY YUSUF BELLO
The dust raised by the Supreme Court verdict on the Imo state governorship election may take some time to settle as leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday took their protest to the United States and the United Kingdom.
The party, led by its National Chairman of the party, PRINCE UCHE SECONDUS and other party chieftains marched to the American Embassy and the British High Commission in Abuja.
The NATION reports that protest letters were separately delivered to officials of the US EMBASSY and the BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION by SECONDUS who sought the intervention of the two countries in the matter.
The letter, titled: “Perversion of Justice: Deliberate Efforts At Truncating Democracy in Nigeria”, detailed a number of inconsistencies in the apex court’s judgement in the Imo governorship election.
The letter was signed by SECONDUS.
A copy of the letter, made available to newsmen in Abuja, alleged a serious case of judicial compromise and deliberate perversion of justice by the apex court.
The letter read in part: “You may recall that our party, the PDP, the leading opposition party in Nigeria, has been raising issues regarding the continuous interference and arm-twisting of the judiciary by the executive arm and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to influence the outcome of election petitions in various courts, annul elections won by our party and transfer victory to the APC.
“Your Excellency, it may have come to your notice that there have been serious protests in various states of our nation threatening the stability of our nation over a recent judgment of the Supreme Court.
“On the 14th of January 2020, the Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Tanko, in a most bizarre judgment and against the dictates of all laws and judicial practice, overturned the Imo state governorship election clearly won by Emeka Ihedioha/PDP, who had since been sworn in and handed the state over to the APC and its candidate, Senator Hope Uzodimma.
“It is instructive to inform you that this perversion of justice has already sparked off protests in various parts of our country and has become a clear threat to peace, unity and stability of our nation and the survival of our democracy.
“We rejected the judgment with a clear call for a judicial review and ultimate reversal of the judgment by the Supreme Court”.
It would be recalled in the said judgement, the Supreme Court had, on January 14, 2020, sacked EMEKA IHEDIOHA of the PDP as governor and declared SENATOR HOPE UZODINMA as winner of the election.
