Forty-seven political
parties in Imo State say they will challenge the victory of Mr Emeka Ihedioha
in the governorship election in the state.
Some
of the chairmen and governorship candidates of the parties disclosed this to
reporters on Wednesday in Owerri, the state capital.
They
described the declaration of Mr Ihedioha who contested the election on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as an outright disregard to the
nation’s Constitution and a rape of democracy.
The
group also criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for
declaring the governor-elect as the winner of the election and vowed to seek
redress in court.
They
claimed that the commission erred in its action, saying Ihedioha did not meet
the constitutional requirement of making 25 per cent votes in two-thirds of the
entire state.
The
group, however, asked INEC to restrain in presenting the certificate of return
to the governor-elect until the matter was resolved.
Ihedioha,
a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, had polled 273,404
votes to defeat Uche Nwosu of the Action Alliance (AA) and Senator Hope
Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 9 governorship
poll.
Nwosu,
who was backed by Governor Rochas Okorocha, came second with 190,364 votes
while Senator Uzodinma scored 96,458 votes.
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