PRESS RELEASE

On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, Justice Njemanze sat. The lawyers in the matter argued on the preliminary objection. Chief Obah Maduabuchi, SAN, was Okorocha’s Lawyer and Chief Louis Alozie (SAN) was for the Imo State Government.

Justice Njemanze reserved ruling on the Preliminary objection and told the lawyers that they would be Communicated on the date. He also told other lawyers who had applied to be joined for their clients, to wait until after the ruling on the preliminary objection.

On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, the Court Clerk sent text messages to the lawyers that the Court would sit on Friday, August 6, 2021 for the lawyers to adopt their processes, instead of the expected ruling on the Preliminary objection.

On the Friday, August 6, 2021, Lawyers were in Court. Justice Njemanze did not come. He did not sit that day. Lawyers left and those involved left.

That is to say, on the Friday, August 6, 2021, neither the expected ruling on the Preliminary objection was given, nor the adoption of the processes as Contained in the text messages of Wednesday, August 4, 2021.

On Monday, August 9, 2021, while lawyers in the matter were expecting to hear from the Court on the issue of date, the news came that Justice Njemanze had given Judgement in a substantive suit he never heard and not also on the Preliminary objection, even when lawyers had not adopted their processes.

In the Contentious forfeiture Order Justice Njemanze gave on February 24, 2021, only five properties were directly linked to Okorocha and family, including Eastern Palm University and Royal Spring Palm hotel.

But, both Justice Njemanze and the Imo State government had talked about pages 226 to 272 of the aberration called the WHITEPAPER, as Containing Okorocha’s Properties. This is bare blackmail. It is not true

We have meticulously gone through pages 226 to 272 of their WHITEPAPER. The pages contained layouts and estates and none belonged to Okorocha and the family.

Some of those who own these properties in the interim forfeiture order are also in various courts and like we said, some of them had also applied to Justice Njemanze to be joined. But Justice Njemanze told them to wait until he ruled on the preliminary objection. But he went ahead to give Judgement in the substantive matter he never heard. This is absurd.

In the Contentious Judgement, he gave absolute forfeiture order on the properties in question, in a matter he never heard and which matters on them, have been going on in Courts of Competent Jurisdiction. And in less than 24 hours to his retirement today being Tuesday, August 10, 2021.

This is the first time we are hearing that a Judge could give Judgement in a matter or Case he never heard. This is not good for the Society and for the judicial system.

Sam Onwuemeodo
Special Adviser (Media) to the former Imo State Governor and Senator Representing Imo West Senatorial District, Senator Rochas Okorocha.

Rubbish.
Your Boss looted the state dry and U want them to give stupid justice?
Mind you it's not only Okorocha that has been a gorvernor, Ikedi ohakim, udenwa, Mbakwen of blessed memory. Your Boss went ahead to convert public property to his. That is called betrayal of trust to the people. In a normal society the should be in Prison by now but because of the animal kingdom we are , he is still walking free. Jacob Zuma his surprised friend and fellow looter is cooling off in prison but here same Okorocha is busy taking chieftaincy titles in the whole country with looted funds he has acquired.
How can one man loot close to more 200 properties and he still walking free. Well I blame the people of Nigeria, they should Lynch public office looters themselves since the govt can no longer do its job because of mediocrity.
I even read over the radio that one of the chieftaincy conferred on him has been withdrawn in Ogun state.
Yea they did the right thing but they should have asked to return the looted funds back to the state.

We are our the cause of our travails.

Let the drama continue

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