By Gideon Njoku
To stay in office or not? That is the question on the lips of many Imolites as the Imo State Governorship Election Tribunal delivers judgement in the case filed against Governor Hope Uzodinma, separately, by the Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, aka, Sam Daddy, and that of the Labour Party, LP, Senator Athan Achonu.
The Judgement will be delivered on Friday, May 24, 2024, by the Tribunal which has been sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory since it was constituted by 9.00am
Governor Uzodinma had defeated both Candidates and others in a landslide and was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which conducted the Election on November 11, 2023. He won in all the 27 Local Government Areas of the State, and left the other Candidates empty handed. He was sworn into office for his second term in office in January 2024.
While Uzodinma has been treating the case as nothing, preferring to focus on his job, both Anyanwu and Achonu have each been boasting of victory on May 24.
Already, tension is running high in the State as thousands of Imolites await the outcome.
In anticipation of the judgement, hundreds of Party faithful from the APC, PDP and LP have emptied into Abuja.
Whatever, losers are likely to proceed to the Appeal Court.
