Bishops of the Anglican Church in Nigeria have warned Supreme court judges to either reverse Imo state judgement that overturned the governorship election in favour of Hope Uzodinma or face the wrath of God.

They rejected the Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Imo State Governor and replaced him with Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Archbishop of Enugu Province, Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, who spoke on behalf of the Anglican Bishops, said that going by Rochas Okorocha’s antecedents, there was no way Imo state indigenes could have voted in large number for Uzodinma.

Archbishop Chukwuma described the judgement as “wicked and corrupt”, and warned that the Supreme Court justices should reverse the judgment or face the wrath of God.

I am speaking the minds of most of the Bishops of the Anglican Church that we are very much discontented and very much in disagreement with the kangaroo judgment of the Supreme Court on what has happened in mo State.

We sincerely feel disappointed with the Chief Justice of Nigeria who has not got his facts correct and we feel that that judgment is wicked and corrupt.

And so we are calling on the Supreme Court to reverse their judgment on Imo State before they see the wrath of God.

There is no way Imo State people could have voted for APC with the bad governance of Okorocha for which in the House of Assembly the APC had no single seat during the election.

Hope Uzodinma is my friend. I am not against him but I am against the Supreme Court justices who mutilated the result, judging the case on the total votes that was more than accredited votes, which is absolutely incongruous and very much antithetical to the democratic spirit.

It is therefore our prayer that INEC should also be up and doing in their declaration of results and be able to defend whatever they declare in the sight of the Supreme Court.

he said

Speaking on the role Father Mbaka played in the judgment, Archbishop Chukwuma said Father Mbaka should stop his distorted prophecy and face his ministry.

He is politicising his ministry too much and commercialising his ministry, and that is dangerous to the ministry of the church, and this we totally condemn,

Chukwuma said.

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