The apex socio-cultural organization of Mbaise in Imo State, Ezuruezu Mbaise has called on the Supreme Court to toe the honourable path of correcting the error in its judgment on last year’s governorship poll in Imo State.
The body made the call in a statement signed by Barrister C. I. Anyanwu, president and Hon. Oliver Enwerenem, Secretary-General.
It observed that the apex court accorded more votes than the number of voters accredited for the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
It stated that the INEC recorded 823,742 accredited voters while the Supreme Court in its calculation arrived at 950,952 as a total votes cast.
According to the body, the addition of 213,258 votes by the Supreme Court has created mathematical error which must be corrected by the same Supreme Court as an accidental slip, clerical error or omission.
It therefore requested the Supreme Court to take steps to correct the error in computing the votes scored by the candidates in line with the accredited voters at the said election.
It cited Adegoke Motors Ltd. v. Adesanya (1989) 13 NWLR (PT. 109) 250 AT 27A. and Johnson v. Lawanson (1971)7 NSCC 82 as two cases in which the court realized it had made mistakes and corrected them.
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