The political complexion of passengers
aboard the presidential jet, 5N-FGS, which
landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in
Lagos Sunday evening is stoking fresh
concerns that the River State mission team,
plotting the ouster of Governor Rotimi
Amaechi, has moved into new drive.
At about 5:30 P.M. in the wet Sunday
ambience of Lagos, the Presidential jet from
Abuja taxied to a stop revealing a velvet rank
of well-known anti-Amaechi political
juggernauts, comprising of former Governor
of River State, Celestine Omehia; Minister of
State for Education, Nyesom Wike; PDP
Chairman Rivers State, Felix Obuah: and
Abiye Sekibo, impeccable aviation sources
told PREMIUM TIMES.
Details of what appeared to be a Lagos visit
for a meeting were unavailable but by 7:45
P.M, Sunday night, according to the sources,
the meeting was held and the flight, with its
passengers, was airborne again, heading
towards Abuja.
The leader of the team, Mr. Nyesom, could
not be reached to comment for this story. He
did not answer or return calls made to his
telephone Monday morning.
Special Adviser to the President, Reuben
Abati, wouldn’t also comment for this story.
He told our reporter Monday morning he
was rushing to catch a flight but would
investigate the allegation and revert as soon
as he was able.
But another adviser to the president, who
asked not to be named because he was not
authorised to speak on the matter, said the
anti-Amaechi team could have hired the
presidential jet.
“I’m aware there is a unit that does
commercial operations so people can
actually pay and use the presidential jet,” he
said. “So, if indeed they used a presidential
jet, it does not necessarily mean that the
president knows about it.”
The meeting is coming two days after the
Thursday, October 4, decision by the
Supreme Court to hear the appeal, filed by
the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi,
seeking to nullify a ruling of a Court of
Appeal which gave Celestine Omehia, as the
All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)
governorship candidate for the state, the
right to challenge a judgment of the Federal
High Court that held that Amaechi’s tenure
ended on May 29, 2011.
The opposition to Mr. Amaechi, unable to
oust him so far on many fronts, appears to
see providence in the legal understanding of
the question of the governor’s tenure.
Three years ago, a member of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Cyprian Chukwu,
asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to
interpret the Supreme Court judgment that
in 2007 removed Mr. Omehia from office
and declared Mr. Amaechi as the governor.
Since Mr. Amaechi took the oath of office in
October 2007 and not May 29, as other
governors in the country, Mr. Chukwu
wanted the court to determine whether,
specifically, governorship election should be
held in Rivers at the April general election
date.
After Justice Abdul Kafarati ruled that the
governorship elections in Rivers State would
hold during the general election of April, Mr.
Omehia, unhappy about it, and not even a
party to the high court suit, applied to the
Court of Appeal to join him to enable him
appeal against the judgment.
“I am dissatisfied with the judgment of the
lower court and wish to appeal against
same as a person interested in the matter,
and in the office of governor of Rivers State
which forms the basis of my interest as well
as a person interested in the interpretation
of a judgment in which I was a principal
party,” Mr. Omehia said in his affidavit.
The Court of Appeal granted Mr. Omehia the
right to appeal the high court judgment, and
a dissatisfied Mr. Amaechi filed an appeal at
the Supreme Court claiming that in granting
Mr. Omehia’s prayers, the court of appeal
erred in law.
PREMIUM TIMES legal analyst, Jiti Ogunye,
said late Sunday in Lagos that the anti-
Amaechi group was investing in a false
hope adding, “in so far as they are looking
to benefit from the strategy of tenure, the
Supreme Court has resolved the matter in
the case of Obi Vs. INEC where it was
decided that it is when an elected person is
sworn in that his tenure commences.”
Mr. Ogunye said if the mission team that
visited Lagos with the Presidential Jet
thought they could expect something
tangible, “on grounds of the politics of
tenure, I am sorry for them because it is a
failed strategy.”
He said they were confusing two inter-
related but nevertheless distinct cases. Obi
Vs. INEC on the one hand, and Amaechi Vs.
PDP on the other hand.
In the case of Obi Vs. INEC, Governor Obi
challenged INEC’s decision to peg his tenure
to 10 months on the ground that then
Governor Ngige who had spent 3 years and
2 months, before the electoral court ousted
Ngige and installed him, Obi. The Supreme
Court decision on this has become the
classic authority on the contention on
tenure.
However in the case of Amaechi Vs. PDP, Mr.
Amaechi who had won the party primary
was arbitrarily substituted for Mr. Omehia
who then went ahead to win the election.
But Mr. Amaechi challenged his substitution,
and the Supreme Court decided by
mandatory injunction to oust Mr. Omehia,
who had been governor for about four
months, and install Mr. Amaechi. The
question then was whether Mr. Amaechi
who was sworn in in October rather than
May was completing Mr. Omehia’s tenure.
Mr. Ogunye said “while the cases appeared
to be similar, they really are not.” The case
before the court in Amaechi vs PDP was on
the status of a flag bearer for the party, he
said.
“The effort to rid Amaechi on this legal
ground is unlikely to succeed because the
Supreme Court would have had to reverse
itself and that typically requires an
exceptional circumstance,” Mr. Ogunye said.

Peter Obi contested for the general election and was voted for by the Anambrarians while Chibuike Amaechi was smuggled in to substitute and complete PDP mandate which Omehia was usurping when he was inaugurated in May, 2007 hence the calendar ended in May 2011.

Chibuike Amaechi should have his way.

Period.

The Supreme Court has resolved the matter in
the case of Obi Vs. INEC where it was
decided that it is when an elected person is
sworn in that his tenure commences.”

Symphony007: The political complexion of passengers
aboard the presidential jet, 5N-FGS, which
landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in
Lagos Sunday evening is stoking fresh
concerns that the River State mission team,
plotting the ouster of Governor Rotimi
Amaechi, has moved into new drive.
At about 5:30 P.M. in the wet Sunday
ambience of Lagos, the Presidential jet from
Abuja taxied to a stop revealing a velvet rank
of well-known anti-Amaechi political
juggernauts[b], comprising of former Governor
of River State, Celestine Omehia; Minister of
State for Education, Nyesom Wike; PDP
Chairman Rivers State, Felix Obuah: and
Abiye Sekibo, impeccable aviation sources
told PREMIUM TIMES.
Details of what appeared to be a Lagos visit
for a meeting were unavailable but by 7:45
P.M, Sunday night, according to the sources,
the meeting was held and the flight, with its
passengers, was airborne again, heading
towards Abuja.[/b]
The leader of the team, Mr. Nyesom, could
not be reached to comment for this story. He
did not answer or return calls made to his
telephone Monday morning.
Special Adviser to the President, Reuben
Abati, wouldn’t also comment for this story.
He told our reporter Monday morning he
was rushing to catch a flight but would
investigate the allegation and revert as soon
as he was able.
But another adviser to the president, who
asked not to be named because he was not
authorised to speak on the matter, said the
anti-Amaechi team could have hired the
presidential jet.
“I’m aware there is a unit that does
commercial operations so people can
actually pay and use the presidential jet,” he
said. “So, if indeed they used a presidential
jet, it does not necessarily mean that the
president knows about it.”
The meeting is coming two days after the
Thursday, October 4, decision by the
Supreme Court to hear the appeal, filed by
the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi,
seeking to nullify a ruling of a Court of
Appeal which gave Celestine Omehia, as the
All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)
governorship candidate for the state, the
right to challenge a judgment of the Federal
High Court that held that Amaechi’s tenure
ended on May 29, 2011.
The opposition to Mr. Amaechi, unable to
oust him so far on many fronts, appears to
see providence in the legal understanding of
the question of the governor’s tenure.
Three years ago, a member of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Cyprian Chukwu,
asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to
interpret the Supreme Court judgment that
in 2007 removed Mr. Omehia from office
and declared Mr. Amaechi as the governor.
Since Mr. Amaechi took the oath of office in
October 2007 and not May 29, as other
governors in the country, Mr. Chukwu
wanted the court to determine whether,
specifically, governorship election should be
held in Rivers at the April general election
date.
After Justice Abdul Kafarati ruled that the
governorship elections in Rivers State would
hold during the general election of April, Mr.
Omehia, unhappy about it, and not even a
party to the high court suit, applied to the
Court of Appeal to join him to enable him
appeal against the judgment.
“I am dissatisfied with the judgment of the
lower court and wish to appeal against
same as a person interested in the matter,
and in the office of governor of Rivers State
which forms the basis of my interest as well
as a person interested in the interpretation
of a judgment in which I was a principal
party,” Mr. Omehia said in his affidavit.
The Court of Appeal granted Mr. Omehia the
right to appeal the high court judgment, and
a dissatisfied Mr. Amaechi filed an appeal at
the Supreme Court claiming that in granting
Mr. Omehia’s prayers, the court of appeal
erred in law.
PREMIUM TIMES legal analyst, Jiti Ogunye,
said late Sunday in Lagos that the anti-
Amaechi group was investing in a false
hope adding, “in so far as they are looking
to benefit from the strategy of tenure, the
Supreme Court has resolved the matter in
the case of Obi Vs. INEC where it was
decided that it is when an elected person is
sworn in that his tenure commences.”
Mr. Ogunye said if the mission team that
visited Lagos with the Presidential Jet
thought they could expect something
tangible, “on grounds of the politics of
tenure, I am sorry for them because it is a
failed strategy.”
He said they were confusing two inter-
related but nevertheless distinct cases. Obi
Vs. INEC on the one hand, and Amaechi Vs.
PDP on the other hand.
In the case of Obi Vs. INEC, Governor Obi
challenged INEC’s decision to peg his tenure
to 10 months on the ground that then
Governor Ngige who had spent 3 years and
2 months, before the electoral court ousted
Ngige and installed him, Obi. The Supreme
Court decision on this has become the
classic authority on the contention on
tenure.
However in the case of Amaechi Vs. PDP, Mr.
Amaechi who had won the party primary
was arbitrarily substituted for Mr. Omehia
who then went ahead to win the election.
But Mr. Amaechi challenged his substitution,
and the Supreme Court decided by
mandatory injunction to oust Mr. Omehia,
who had been governor for about four
months, and install Mr. Amaechi. The
question then was whether Mr. Amaechi
who was sworn in in October rather than
May was completing Mr. Omehia’s tenure.
Mr. Ogunye said “while the cases appeared
to be similar, they really are not.” The case
before the court in Amaechi vs PDP was on
the status of a flag bearer for the party, he
said.
“The effort to rid Amaechi on this legal
ground is unlikely to succeed because the
Supreme Court would have had to reverse
itself and that typically requires an
exceptional circumstance,” Mr. Ogunye said.

"Surely they will gather together but they shall surely scatter because God is not with them"

Really, Wike must be a fool to adopt this line to remove Amaechi. Okay, the court rules that Amaechi's 1st tenure was shortened, so will they cancel an elections held over 2years ago for new elections? Encouraging waste of time and resources. Alright even if our Supreme court judges allow themselves t be used, is Wike going to contest this election if he was not part of the first? Will Omehia, if he wins agree to serve one term so Wike will take over from him ? Or is Wike ready to shelve his 2015 ambition for Omehia, just because he wants Amaechi out before 2015. These people are just funny, both they and the president that is giving them support.

Wait ooooohh! Hire presidential jet? Tell me something.

Anyway, uhhhhmm Wike, Omehia and Sekibo are now paddy men again abi? I laugh

Wike... Smh

glory2glory:



if our Supreme court judges allow themselves t be used,

You MUST RESPECT THE SUPREME COURT, because it was okay when they installed Amechi as Governor, and MUST be okay when they remove him.

ckkris:

You MUST RESPECT THE SUPREME COURT, because it was okay when they installed Amechi as Governor, and MUST be okay when they remove him.

an appeals court removed ameachi, not supreme.

Junk news

glory2glory:

"Surely they will gather together but they shall surely scatter because God is not with them"

Really, Wike must be a fool to adopt this line to remove Amaechi. Okay, the court rules that Amaechi's 1st tenure was shortened, so will they cancel an elections held over 2years ago for new elections? Encouraging waste of time and resources. Alright even if our Supreme court judges allow themselves t be used, is Wike going to contest this election if he was not part of the first? Will Omehia, if he wins agree to serve one term so Wike will take over from him ? Or is Wike ready to shelve his 2015 ambition for Omehia, just because he wants Amaechi out before 2015. These people are just funny, both they and the president that is giving them support.

Why are u so daft? the bottomline here is to remove Amaechi from office irrespective of who would replace him.They just want CLOWN AMAECHI out of office.chikena

Most times I wonder if Omehia and Wike are really Lawyers and attended law school, Omehia is always in court for one frivolous reason or the other, this is the third time he is trying to have the SC reverse itself. The last time he was warned by the SC not to approach them again with his silly cases.
Ameachi has always been smarter than his enemies, when Wike as Chief of Staff tried to make Ameachi remove his Deputy Engr. Tele Ikuru on the grounds that he was sworn in with Omehia, Ameachi refused since he foresaw the legal implications. If the federal high court had ruled that his tenure would expire on 25 of Oct, 2011 it would have meant that his Deputy would serve for 4years+ (a constitutional impossiblity) or INEC would have conducted an election for the post of Deputy Gov separately from that of the Gov. (Another constitutional imposibility) so Ameachi already knows he has a very strong case.

Omehia will always be a looser.

figment232: Why are u so daft? the bottomline here is to remove Amaechi from office irrespective of who would replace him.They just want CLOWN AMAECHI out of office.chikena

you are the bigger clown. Just imagine the trash you just said. "irrespective of who replaced him".

Symphony007: you are the bigger clown. Just imagine the trash you just said. "irrespective of who replaced him".

Ediot ! wot i meant was dat they are not bothered bout who wud take the place of that CURSED AMAECHI wen d s/c passes judegment pushing Mr Amaechi out

figment232: Ediot ! wot i meant was dat they are not bothered bout who wud take the place of that CURSED AMAECHI wen d s/c passes judegment pushing Mr Amaechi out

of course they care, why do you think all thses crooks are lined up? Dullard.

Symphony007: of course they care, why do you think all thses crooks are lined up? Dullard.

Yes they care about boothing out that nonentity AMAECHI.smh..........clown!