The Supreme Court, Friday, declared Sir Frank Ibezim as Senator for Imo North Senatorial zone ending months of fierce legal fireworks after the Imo North Senatorial election held on December 5, 2020.

Details later.

https://innonews.com.ng/2021/04/supreme-court-declares-frank-ibezim-imo-north-senator/

OKIGWE SENATE SEAT

DONE AND DUSTED..

CONGRATULATIONS Sir Frank Ibezim

****Ararume's lawyer fined 2million

Judgement Highlights

1. SFI Certificate issue quashed and declared a nullity for lack of evidence...

2. Supreme Court declares the Judgment of both the High court and appeal court a nullity due to lack of burden of proof.

3. SFI Appeal granted as meritorious, enforceable and legitimate.

Imo North: Supreme Court affirms Ibezim as Senator-elect

The Supreme Court on Friday declared Frank Ibezim of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the Senator-elect for the Imo North Senatatorial district bye-election.

The determination by the apex court will put to rest the lingering legal fireworks on the subject matter.

In arriving at it’s decision, the apex court in a unanimous judgment voided, nullified and set aside the concurrent judgments of the Federal high court in Abuja and that of the Court of Appeal which nullified the candidacy of Ibezim on the ground of perjury.

Justice Emmanuel Agim, who delivered the judgment, held that the suit which led to disqualification of Ibezim for allegedly supplying false information to secure nomination was statute barred at the time it was instituted.

Justice Agim said in the judgment that the suit was not filed within 14 days when the cause of action arose.

Specifically, the apex court held that section 285 of the 1999 was grossly violated by the plaintiff in the suit because the mandatory 14 days for such suit to be filed was not complied with.

Besides, the apex court held that the disqualification of Ibezim based on a statute barred suit was a nullity because the burden of proof for false information allegations was not proved as required by law..
Justice Agim while setting aside the judgments of both the federal high court and that of the Court of Appeal held that the appeal of Ibezim against the two judgments was meritorious, enforceable and granted it.

The Supreme Court subsequently declared Ibezim as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the December 5, 2020 by-election and also as winner of the election.

Ibezim had been kicked out as APC candidate on account of irreconcilable differences in the names on the certificates he presented to secure nomination and for supplying false information in his other documents.

A three man panel of Justices of the Court presided by Justice Abubakar Yahaya in a unanimous judgment had agreed with Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja that Ibezim submitted false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in aid of his qualification for the Imo North Senatorial by-elction.

Justice Ekwo had in a judgment delivered on December 4, 2020 sacked Ibezim as candidate of the APC for the December 5 by-election in Imo North Senatorial District.

Ekwo had disqualified him from contesting the election on the grounds that he made false statements and declarations in the affidavit and documents he submitted to his party, the APC and INEC.
The false information was said to be in respect of his West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate wherein the judge held that the names on the documents were not only different but irreconcilable and accordingly ordered his disqualification from the bye-election.

One of the certificates bears Chukwuemeka Frank Ibezim and another Francis Ibezim Chukwuemeka among other differences.
Dissatisfied with the high court decision, Ibezim, the favoured candidate of governor Hope Uzodimma, then approached the Appeal Court with prayer that his disqualification be voided and set aside.
However delivering judgment in the appeal, Justice Stephen Adah who read the unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal had held that the judgment of the high court cannot be faulted since it was evident that the appellant submitted false information to APC and INEC.

Justice Adah had stated that no other person order than the institution that awarded certificates can lawfully effect correction on them.

He advised that candidates must be diligent with the ways and manners they put their names in documents, stressing that it is a serious thing if a person’s name is misplaced or spelt wrongly.
The appeal court had also disagreed with Ibezim that the case was statute barred, adding that from available records, it was filed 11 days after the cause of action arose and not after 14 days as claimed by Ibezim.

According to the appellate court, the legal action was instituted on September 23, 2020 whereas INEC had received the said forged documents from the APC on September 13, 2020.

With the Supreme Court fresh decision, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC will now proceed to formally declare winner of the election and issue Ibezim certificate of return as required by law for him to be inaugurated as a senator.

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Let's try someone else this time ararume should go and rest my area didn't even felt his impact during all the years he spent in the Senate.

Congrats to him

The sharp strikers that scored the last minute goal.

From left is our own Dr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba,the Hon Minister of state for education, followed by our own dynamic Governor,His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodima(Onwa Oyoko),the next on the line is our own very brown new Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,Senator Frank Ibezim and finally, is our renown business mogul, Chief Tony Chukwu.

Ararume is the most unfortunate politician in Nigeria. Since Obasanjo messed up his governorship ambition in 2007, it has been a story of getting very close but never getting in. I wish him the best in the future. Congratulations to Ibezim.

seunmsg:
Ararume is the most unfortunate politician in Nigeria. Since Obasanjo messed up his governorship ambition in 2007, it has been a story of getting very close but never getting in. I wish him the best in the future. Congratulations to Ibezim.

Am telling you. The spirit of Near success is following him bumper to bumper

Uzodimma wins again.

I don’t know the kind friendship that Wike and Uzodimma have with the Judiciary, these dudes hardly lose in court.

"An abbreviated name doesn't cease to be a person's name neither does it lose its juristic personality to the abbreviation."

Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Ararume ntoo

Another supreme court Senator


Imo people shouldn't expect much from ibezim cus he's Uzodinma's puppet

TotoGame:
Another supreme court Senator



Imo people shouldn't expect much from ibezim cus he's Uzodinma's puppet

No allow bad belle to kill you in this life

kahal29:


No allow bad belle to kill you in this life

I'm saying the fuvking truth...frank ibezim isn't outspoken enough to represent that senatorial zone


he's just a puppet

TotoGame:



I'm saying the fuvking truth...frank ibezim isn't outspoken enough to represent that senatorial zone


he's just a puppet

Oga, unlike uzodinma ibezim won the election clean and neat

Congrats, Ibezim.

Yawn

As long as he will better the lives of the citizens of Imo North constituency we say CONGRATULATIONS to him..

A better Nigeria all around is all we want.

God bless Imo State.
God bless Nigeria.

Supreme court keep electing political leaders for imo people


now we've supreme Governor and Supreme court Senator

Another supreme court candidates in Imo state......lol

Lol.

The supreme court should have been this explicit in the case of Jarigbe and Odey.

Congratulations

THE CAPITAL OF IMO STATE IS SUPREME COURT.

Okay

Nigerian politics na yeye

Fool stop

Las las it's Supreme Court that will select all the electable posts in Imo state, even down to councillorship posts..

Supreme Court senator to complement supreme Court governor. Imo people have be totally raped by fg