Emeka Ihedioha

Pension Fraud: Ihedioha Exonerates Self, Blames Okorocha

July 7, 2020 10:53 am

Former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, yesterday said he was not in anyway involved in the payment of pension fraudsters and that he only inherited the fraud from his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha.

Ihedioha spoke in Owerri, through the former executive chairman of Pension Commission, Chime Aliliele, after the state government published names of eight persons who received ₦330 million annually as pension from its probe on pension fraud in Imo State.

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According to Aliliele, “I have received hundreds of phone calls and WhatsApp messages in reference to

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Uzodinma Recalls 3,500 Civil Servants Sacked By Ihedioha

March 14, 2020 5:27 am

No fewer than 3,500 civil servants in Imo state recently sacked by the immediate past Government of Emeka Ihedioha have been reinstated.

Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma Friday, approved the release of their appointment letters and instructed that they are remunerated as at when due.

According to our correspondent in the state, the Governor has charged the Head of Service, Camillus Chibuzor Nwagwu to integrate the reinstated civil servants in the scheme of things, insisting that the government is poised to creating more job opportunities rather than disengaging the people.

In his reaction, the former Transition Committee chairman of Nkwerre local

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I Warned you, Supreme Court Can’t Mock Itself – Bamgbose

March 4, 2020 6:26 am

Barrister Olusegun Bamgbose, the National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has told the sacked Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, that he should have listened to the voice of wisdom and bury the idea of going back to the apex court to seek reversal.

Ihedioha and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, had filed an applications, urging the Supreme Court to review its January 14 judgment which went in favor of incumbent Governor Hope Uzodinma.

However, the Supreme Court, in a majority verdict of six of the seven-man panel, sustained the sacking of Ihedioha and his replacement by

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Ihedioha vs Uzodinma: TFM To Report Supreme Court To UN

March 4, 2020 6:26 am

A coalition of leaders of conscience in the country, under the aegis of the Third Force Movement in Nigeria has vowed to drag the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the United Nations, UN, United States of America, United Kingdom, African Union, European Union among others, over its refusal to review the judgment that sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Imo State Governor.

The coalition faulted the court, saying its decision has cast serious doubt over the integrity and sanctity of the Nigerian Judiciary.

This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday night, hours after

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Imo: Why My Case Is Different From Bayelsa – Ihedioha

March 1, 2020 6:10 am

Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing of his application on Monday, March 2, 2020, former governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha has told the court that the facts and circumstances of his application before the court are different and distinguishable from the one filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and it’s candidate, David Lyon with respect to Bayelsa State governorship election.

The Supreme Court had adjourned the hearing of Emeka Ihedioha application seeking the review of the January 14, 2020 judgement which sacked him as Imo State governor and installed Hope Uzodinma as his replacement, to March 2.

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Imo Guber: Anxiety As PDP, APC Await Supreme Court Review

February 28, 2020 1:52 pm

There is palpable tension among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as leaders of the two political parties and the people of Imo, await the decision of the Supreme Court on a suit filed by Emeka Ihedioha, seeking a review of the apex court’s judgment on the state’s governorship election.

The Supreme Court fixed March 2 to hear the application, which was originally slated for hearing on February 18.

In a unanimous judgment on January 14, the apex court nullified the election of Ihedioha who was the candidate of the PDP in the …

Ihedioha and Uzodinma: Supreme Court to hear Ihedioha’s appeal on February 18

Ihedioha’s Motion: Uzodinma Sends Message To S’Court

February 16, 2020 12:54 pm

Hope Uzodinma of Imo has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss an application filed by former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha.

Ihedioha had filed an appeal seeking judicial review of the apex court’s judgement which had on January 14, 2020, ordered his removal from office.

Uzodimma’s preliminary objection was against a motion on notice dated Feb. 5, filed by Ihedioha and PDP.

They prayed the Supreme Court for an order setting aside “as a nullity the judgment delivered by it on January 14.

Uzodimma and APC’s preliminary objection against Ihedioha were brought pursuant to Section 6(6)(a) of the 1999 …

Withdraw Your Suit Against Hope, Imo Monarchs To Ihedioha

February 8, 2020 3:43 am

Traditional rulers from Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State have called on Hon. Emeka Ihedioha to withdraw his suit against Governor Hope Uzodinma from the Supreme Court in the interest of the people of the state.

Spokesperson of the royal fathers, Eze Akujuobi Osuagwu , traditional ruler of Awaka autonomous commmunity while addressing newsmen in his palace yesterday noted that the controversy generated by Ihedioha’s case at the supreme court is currently dragging the state backward.

According to the royal fathers, no investor would like to establish their business in the upheaval of the political crisis in the …