The APC candidate for Isialangwa South state constituency in the just concluded state Assembly election, Chief Nnaemeka Emmanuel Otagburuagu has approach the election petition tribunal sitting in Abia state over alleged rigging by the PDP candidate and the Speaker, Abia state House of Assembly, Hon. Chikwendu Enyinnaya Kalu.

In a chat with ABN TV on Thursday, a chieftain of APC in the state, Mr. Ugochukwu Ogbonna accused INEC of allowing the Speaker and his party the PDP to write results of the election, saying it is not a reflection of the people’s wish.
He said his party APC has evidence that will finally drive the Speaker out of office.

“I want to bring to your notice that this man called Mr. Chikwendu Kalu lied on oath. Draw back a little to 2014/2015, he told INEC, by extension he told the whole world that he had no case with anybody, when he was asked if he has been sentenced before", he lied.

He said no and today, he is telling the whole world, he is telling INEC that he has been sentenced. And we are now asking how can you come and be telling us that there was nothing like that in 2015, you were not under duress, you came with your sound mind”.

Mr. Ogbonna accused the Speaker of having been convicted and debarred by legal practitioners’ legal committee of Nigerian Bar Association as a lawyer over corruption related matter.

He insisted that the disciplinary action on the Speaker persists contrary to his claim that a court of competent jurisdiction has voided the disciplinary action.

He said the alleged perjury against the Speaker is one of the grounds for which Chief Otagburuagu is seeking to reclaim what he called “his mandate” at the tribunal.

He said the Speaker’s claim that his debarment has been reversed by the State’s High court sitting in Umuahia couldn’t have been true, describing it as baseless.

He claimed that Abia state high court has no jurisdiction to sit on an appeal from the disciplinary committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

He said it is only the Supreme court that has the jurisdiction to set aside any disciplinary action imposed on any member by the NBA disciplinary committee, insisting that the Speaker is no more a lawyer.

The APC chieftain said the Speaker was not qualified to stand for election into the state House of Assembly, having allegedly lied under an oath in 2014.

He expressed confidence in the election petition tribunal sitting in the state, saying they will restore chief Otagburuagu’s mandate which he said people of Isialangwa South constituency gave him.

Mr. Ogbonna appealed to the people of Isialangwa South to remain calm as measures are being taken to recover their mandate.

SOURCE: https://www.abnews247.com/2019/04/breaking-chief-otagburuagu-approaches-tribunal-vows-to-unseat-abia-speaker/

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