Okorocha vs Uzodimma: Court judgement raises jurisdiction question - Ahiakwo

Constitutional lawyer and nationalist affairs analyst, Justice Osai Ahiakwo, has questioned the ineligible ground of the Federal High Court judgement recognising erstwhile Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha arsenic the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaigner for Imo West Senatorial District successful the 2027 elections.

Ahiakwo said the ruling raised questions astir compliance with the law 14-day bounds for instituting pre-election cases, stressing that the court's jurisdiction indispensable beryllium established earlier the merits of the quality tin beryllium considered.

The court, presided implicit by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, ordered Governor Hope Uzodimma to halt presenting himself arsenic the APC campaigner for the territory and directed the enactment to recognise Okorocha.

In a ineligible investigation of the judgment, Ahiakwo cited Section 285(9) of the 1999 Constitution, arsenic amended, which requires pre-election matters to beryllium instituted wrong 14 days of the event, determination oregon enactment being challenged.

He noted that the APC reportedly conducted its Imo West senatorial superior connected May 18, 2026, portion Okorocha instituted his suit connected August 13, raising questions astir whether the enactment was filed wrong the constitutionall...