The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has joined their counterparts across the Federation to protest against the judgement of Supreme Court on the Imo State governorship tussle which sacked Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha as Governor and called for the reversal of the ‘strange’ judgement.
Report has it that the protesters who are made up of Stakeholders, State and Local Government party executives among others matched through some major parts of the state capital to draw attention to the what it called ‘injustice done to the party and Nigeria’s democracy.’
The State Party Chairman, Sir Johnson Onuigbo who spoke to Journalists after the protest march, called on the Supreme Court to reverse itself and restore its glory by reinstating Ihedioha as duly elected Governor of Imo state.
According to him, the best option for the Supreme Court should be to reverse itself adding that judges, as humans, are bound to make mistakes as no human being is beyond error.
He said that what the Supreme Court justices did was an error and that allowing their strange judgement to stand would amount to serious dent on the image of the judiciary and denying the people their votes and right to chose who to govern them.
Sir Onuigbo while described the judgement as injurious to our nascent democracy capable of destroying Nigeria’s democratic rule noted that a drastic action must be taken to restore confidence on the judiciary and safeguard the democracy.
The Abia State PDP Chairman maintained that Imo people duly elected Ihedioha as their governor and Supreme Court should respect that wish and give him back his mandate.
Some of the placards by the party faithfuls read: “Judiciary, save our nascent democracy, Can a tyrant leader allow justice to thrive?, Judiciary stop being cowed by Gen Mohammed Buhari, “Independent judiciary is sine quanon to justice” among others.
