The application for review of a recent judgement by Emeka Ihedioha will not be entertained today by the Supreme Court.
Emeka Ihedioha
The Supreme Court will not hear application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and sacked Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha today.
The case has now been adjourned till March 2.
The PDP and Ihedioha are, by the application, praying the court to, among others, reverse its judgment on January 14 this year, which sacked Ihedioha and replaced him with Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
At the mention of the case on Tuesday, Ihedioha’s lead lawyer, Kanu Agabi sought for time to enable parties file the necessary papers, a request other lawyers in the case did not object to.
A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, in a brief ruling, grant the request for adjournment and adjourned till March 2, 2020.
Details shortly.