Controversial PDP gubernatorial candidate in Anambra State, Emmanuel Andy Uba suffered major legal setbacks in his forgery case before a Federal High Court in Abuja earlier today. Saharareporters learnt that as soon as the case came up before Justice Babs Kewunmi, Andy Uba's lawyers led by Wale Akoni (SAN) from the law firms of Wale Babalakin bombarded the judge with motions aimed at stalling the entire trial as they have done since the case began. Mr. Emmanuel 'Andy' Uba's lawyers filed close to five ‘motions’ aimed at stalling the case, one of which challenges the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case even though Andy and his lawyers had initially subscribed to the same court when the case was assigned to two judges by Justice Roseline Ukeje, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court who had tried everything possible to frustrate the case administratively.



Justice Babs Kewunmi dismissed most of the objections by Andy Uba and his lawyers and fixed hearing the jurisdictional objection for Monday next week, in stark contrast to Andy's antics that called for a long adjournment, the most bizarre part of the case was INEC's spirited involvement in the case, for the first time since the forgery case was filed, INEC lawyers stormed the court and ferociously defended the candidacy of Emmanuel Andy Uba before the judge.
It will be recalled that Saharareporters did an extensive investigation on the character named Emmanuel Nnamdi "Andy" Uba especially as they pertain to his academic background and found out that Emmanuel Andy Uba did not obtain any university degrees from the universities mentioned in his CV to the Independent National Electoral Commission which was submitted on December 14 2007. Amongst other findings Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba who lived in California was found to have dubiously maintained two dates of birth December 14 and 15 in US official records.



Following Saharareporters exposee on Andy Uba, Mr. Greg Ikemefunna filed a case of perjury against Emmanuel Andy Uba asking the Federal High Court to disqualify him from the upcoming April general elections in Nigeria for making false declarations about his academic degrees and criminal record history. In particular he is seeking the powers of the court as enshrined in the Electoral Act to bar Andy Uba from running from office because he lied that he obtained a first degree in “Geology” from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, and also perjured before a notary public that he obtained a masters degree in Geography from a California State University and also that Emmanuel Andy Uba engaged in fraud by claiming to have obtained a "Doctor of Sciences" from a fake  university known as "Buxton University" said to be based in the UK. Both Concordia University and California State University denies that Emmanuel Andy Uba obtained a degree from their university. Our research shows that "Buxton University" does not exist in the UK academic system.



He is also seeking a relief against the PDP, asking the court to fine the party 500,000 naira for knowingly fielding a candidate with fraudulent credentials.



Surprisingly, after the case went before two judges, Andy Uba lawyers are yet to file any defense in court to show cause that their client and PDP candidate posses any of the academic certificates in question, they have only relied on delay tactics and INEC chairman's , Prof. Maurice Iwu's and Justice Ukeje's help to bungle the case. Though Mrs. Roseline Ukeje has moved the case around without explanations, Prof. Maurice Iwu could not help Emmanuel Andy Uba change the INEC form he filed because Saharareporters had already obtained a copy and displayed it in the E-Library.



The next adjourned date of hearing is Monday March 26th 2007 when the presiding  judge is expected to give a definitive ruling on the issue of jurisdiction. Despite protestations from INEC lawyers that they were not properly served and motions by defendants that requested the court to stay proceedings pending the outcome of a petition by the plaintiffs against Justice Rose Ukeje whose daughter and son are in the inner circle of Mr. Emmanuel Andy Uba the hearing is expected to proceed without delay barring any further administrative intervention.


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Stop weeping my dear.

Actually, INEC is doing their "job" which is to:

Use the power and the authority of the "referee" to
1. sideline the opposition
2. return the annointed PDP candidates.

Besides, there has been this rumour that Iwu got his job, through Andy.

It is a shame though that people can descend so low just to get power.

We are watching.

professor Iwu in his role as a paid labourer is about proving a point on the case of the irrelivance of nigerian educational system as to comapre with other countries of the world.
how on earth, a proffessor will be part of this filty administration?
to me i still believe that he is less than Adedibu, Chris Uba and andy uba. to make it simple and clear, he is in the same category with these men no wonder machines he was surposed to use for his job are finding shelter in adedibu's house.
Okonjo Iweala proved herself as a learned woman when she appeared when the country needed her most and disappeared when she could not be given the free hands she needed to make things work well.
where on earth do u see winning teams changed?
she was doing very well in the ministry of finance but was changed to other unfamiliar ministry just to make sure she became importent and give the fat idiot at the top to have his ways in using the public funds for his personal uses.