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Delta State Election Tribunal by Omokiez: 9:48am On Jul 12, 2015 |
DELTA ELECTION TRIBUNAL: 10 SENIOR
ADVOCATES OF NIGERIA CANNOT HELP GOV.
IFEANYI OKOWA TO STAY BEYOND 90 DAYS AT
THE UNITY HOUSE.
By: Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe.
The legal tussle at the Delta State Election
Tribunal is gradually gathering momentum as
Chief Thompson Okpoko (SAN) and his legal
team tackles three other Senior Advocates of
Nigeria led by Alex Iziyon (SAN), employed by the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Gov. Ifeanyi
Okowa of Delta State.
The game plan of the Okowa legal team is solely
to dig-up a "technical ground" to quash the
petition filed by the All Progressives Congress
(APC) governorship candidate in the April 11
election, Olorogun O'tega Emerhor (OON). Trust
the diligent prosecution skills of Chief Okpoko
who became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)
on the 27th day of February, 1987. Slow but
steady, the Chairman of Body of Benchers (2004)
knocked off all manner of legal scheming put
forward by the Okowa team.
Relevant sections of the amended Electoral Act
has indeed made it possible for election petitions
to be heard and determined on merit and never
again to be quashed on cheap technical grounds.
But the PDP/Okowa team are hell bent on looking
for "cheap technical" loopholes to send the
petitioners case to an early grave. Trust the legal
know-how of Justice Nasiru Gumi who repeatedly
drummed it in the ears of the three senior
advocates on the Gov Okowa side that his
tribunal is all out to do justice and justice only is
good enough without fear or favour.
The petitioners are in high hopes, just as
Olorogun O'tega Emerhor and majority of Deltans
are optimistic that the victory of Senator Okowa
is a product of electoral fraud and several
malpractices. Deltans are yearning for "air of
freedom" from the satanic grip of the PDP in the
State, from 1999 till date. Okowa's popularity
rating has declined rapidly since May 29. His first
"gross misconduct" was perfected within 72 hours
after taking Oath of office. He sacked over 3,000
civil servants and launched a White Elephant
project of 6,000 jobs for Deltans so as to obtain
N150 billion loan from various financial
institutions. When obtained, the loan will certainly
find its way into private pockets and further
increase the debt profile of Delta State. Of a truth,
PDP has ruined Delta State, economically.
During the April 11 Governorship elections in Delta
State, some persons suspected to be officials or
agents of the Independent Electoral Commission
(INEC) as well as PDP agents and political thugs
were caught on camera thumb-printing ballot
papers for the PDP. APC supporters in some parts
of the state were chased out of polling stations,
some were beaten thoroughly, INEC result sheets
manipulated and PDP simply allocated figures to
APC and the Labour Party. To make it look as if
the APC and its candidate were insignificant, the
evil merchants at INEC and the PDP placed the
Labour Party and its candidate second position
with little above a hundred thousand votes and in
the same token allocated less than eighty
thousand votes to the APC and placing it in the
third position.
The rigging wizardry of the PDP and its political
tacticians came to light as some of their agents
involved in ballot box stuffing were arrested and
others recorded on video and posted on social
media. There is also a conflict between the
number of voters captured by the INEC card
readers and figures declared at the end of the
governorship election.
For real, the Tribunal Chairman and his able
colleagues have demonstrated high level integrity
such that the PDP and its candidate will not be
able to get away with the stolen mandate. As it is
today, 10 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) will
not be able to help Governor Okowa remain in
Government House more than 90 days from May
29, 2015. Thereafter, Deltans will have another
opportunity to elect their progressive Governor to
commence socio-economic transformation of
Delta State. Olorogun O'tega Emerhor sure have a
date with destiny. For now, Okowa is a caretaker.
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Re: Delta State Election Tribunal by OzMingle(m): 9:49am On Jul 12, 2015 |
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