The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in Imo West, Jones Onyereri, has described as ‘slaughtering of justice’ the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue Rochas Okorocha certificate of return.
But the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance in the state, Uche Nwosu, described the ruling as a defender of constitution and democracy.
Speaking with journalists in Owerri, the Imo State capital, Nwosu said the judiciary had continued to ‘preserve democracy.”
He said, “The judiciary has shown that it is the last hope of the common man.
A statement in Owerri, the state capital, by the Director General, Jones Onyereri Campaign Organisation, Eze Ugochukwu, shortly after the judgment was delivered, accused Abang of bias in the matter.
Describing the judgement as a ‘nauseating decision’, the PDP candidate said he would appeal the judgment.
