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| ARARAUME |
The May 6, 2011 supplementary election which catapulted Imo
State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha to Government House, Owerri will come under
scrutiny on October 4, 2012 when an Abuja Federal Court hears the case brought
before it by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate in the election,
Senator Ifeanyi Arararume.
Araraume is challenging the validity of the election on the
basis that the word supplementary is alien to the Electoral Act and the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He contends that INEC erred by
conducting the polls on that basis as
there was no provision of a supplementary election contained in the nation’s
electoral books.
The case, which legal pundits have described as dicey is
coming up barely months the Supreme Court struck out the petition filed by the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State challenging the victory of Governor
Okorocha at the polls.
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