JUSTICE INYANG EKWO'S JUDGMENT ON AAC LEADERSHIP CASE: A SHOCKING TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, 12th July, 2019 delivered what legal scholars have described as a strange and shocking verdict in the sponsored suit brought by one Leonard Nzenwa in his desperate and dubious bid to hijack the African Action Congress (AAC) for insatiable and pecuniary gains.

Justice Ekwo in his judgment on Friday held that Leonard was entitled to the reliefs he sought on the ground that his suit was "uncontested". This, despite the robust legal defence of Mr. Omoyele Sowore and Dr. Malcolm Fabiyi with a 65-page Counter Affidavit and 12 Exhibits deposed on their behalf by Dr. Joshua Adeoye, the Deputy National Secretary of the AAC.

This judgement is a clear miscarriage of justice and runs counter to long established principles of law on affidavit evidence.

We observed that Leonard Nzenwa was escorted by security men and accompanied to the court today by associates and supporters of Governor Nyesom Wike and members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State.

The totality of these abnormalities is that the AAC has been wickedly and fraudulently hijacked through questionable judicial processes with the primary aim of frustrating the election petition against Governor Wike and the PDP in Rivers State.

We urge the leadership of the Nigerian Judiciary to salvage the judiciary from political interference and corruption. While this might be a judgement for villainy, it is does not speak for the majority of the members of the African Action Congress party. This is another injustice we must fight and fight it, we shall.

Rachel Onamusi-Kpiasi
Director, PR, Media and Communications
Take it Back Movement