As Imo State government dig deep its status, and the question of democratic leadership raises again, many are wondering how Imo State got here. The trenches of bad governance, legitimacy crisis, unpopular government and its policies have now become the hallmarks of Gov. Hope Uzodinma’s rein in Douglas House. It is one of a depressing story, that has caught Imo citizens and electorates unaware and in search of the moral compass about the essence of democracy.
The crisis of governance and leadership that has continued to bedevil Imo State originated from nowhere than the January 14th, 2020 Supreme Court judgement on the case of Uzodinma vs Ihedioha/SC./2019. It is a decision that the democratic powers of Imo State were hunted down and burnt to ashes in a very troubling way. The sad story now is that while the Supreme Court Jurists in Abuja have moved on from their decision, Imo people are now left to face the consequences of that critical and painful verdict.
Ordinarily, Imo State was supposed to be spared this orgy of democratic misfortunes. But in the ensuing political gimmicks champion within the Nigerian state, those with the muscles, connections and roadmap to high places in Abuja often have the last and powerful say even over the collective will of the people. It is powerful forces that the Nigerian democracy breathes has caused Imo this present political catastrophe.
Uzodinma can have the funds for to swim inside the euphoria of the electricity accord to him through the Supreme Court, but deep down, he's aware that Imo voters in no way at any precise time extended their mandate and legitimacy to him. The disaster of legitimacy will always remain an albatross to the authorities that he superintend over.
Further, the most difficult factors of the Supreme Court’s selection, isn't always about the leadership vacuum and crisis it has created, but the developmental hole, Imo State will suffer from within this era. At gift, from instructors, pensioners, public service workers within the kingdom are all trapped inside the misgovernance added about by Uzodinma. The sorry nation of infrastructure has even long gone worse, with out a hope that things will ever get better beneath the administration.
More importantly, the citizens must see the Supreme Court as a democratic institution that is continuously at the defense of hapless citizens. Doing the whole thing within its constitutional scope to the guard the inalienable rights of the human beings. Chief some of the constitutional rights of the people is the unfastened rights to vote in an election. But when those rights are denied, you have a disaster that ends derailing the very meaning of democracy itself.
In Imo, it is the pain of staying with a Supteme Court selection that has no bearing on the selection of Imo electorates in the 2019 governorship election. While criminal luminaries may additionally have interaction inside the extrapolation of what constitutes the law and the appearance of the Supreme Court at such decision, the Imo voter knows wherein his coronary heart went and the birthday party that he/she gave his or her mandate went to.
The opposite step taken by using the Court has tended to betray the mandate and the rights of the people. Rather than the courtroom acting as a guard to democracy, it has alas divulge the Ills of democracy and its institutional leakages and shortage of responsibility. It isn't always too past due for the Supreme Court to take a 2d take a look at that choice. The court upend this catastrophic felony selection by using re-analyzing the case of Uche Nwosu vs APP & Others again. That is what Imo voters deserve. It is the minimal requirement for redress inside the midst of a miserable political judgement. Time is prime right here.
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