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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it won’t take any action on a court judgement sacking Dave Umahi as Governor of Ebonyi State over his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress in 2020.

The Commission made this known in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye.

According to the electoral umpire, 12 court processes have been received on the defection of Umahi; his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, and 16 members of the state House of Assembly. INEC, therefore, said it would stay action on the matter because of the “conflicting court judgements”

The PUNCH had reported that a Federal High Court in Abuja removed the governor, his deputy and the lawmakers over their defection from PDP to APC. The court also directed INEC to replace the elected officials with new names from the PDP.

Umahi had approached the court to stop his removal but the suit was struck out. The court, however, handed over the case to the Appellate Court.

In its statement late Thursday, INEC said, “It will be recalled that the Commission met on Thursday 17 March 2022 on the matter, decided to defer its deliberation on the Ebonyi cases and stepped down the listed Memorandum to enable its Legal Services and Clearance Committee to study the new processes served on it in the light of the previously served ones and advise the Commission comprehensively.

“Since then, the Commission has been served yet more Court Processes on the same matter, bringing the total to twelve. The Commission deliberated extensively on these cases and decided to further suspend action on the defection of the Governor and Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State and sixteen members of the State House of Assembly from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the light of the conflicting judgements and orders served on it from Courts of coordinate jurisdiction.

“The Commission also considers it prudent to stay action on the conflicting judgements and orders being aware of the pendency of Appeals and Motions for Stay of Execution of some of the judgements before various divisions of the Court of Appeal."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/breaking-court-sacking-inec-suspends-action-on-umahis-defection-cites-reasons/%3famp

OgbonnaDaniel:
I promise to update you with Airport pictures. Thanks

quote me when ready

Landmack:
Congratulations
We are happy but where’s d airport pics?

But it’s time for ur pple to start vacating Anambra pls.

Our Governor wants to start rapid reconstruction of Anambra.

Thank u

Why should they vacate? Are your people not in Ebonyi state equally? Be prepared to lose all your businesses in Ebonyi and transfer to another state if you deport any Ebonyian back to Abakaliki.

PDP SW championing southern presidency

PDP SS championing southern presidency

PDP SE playing hide and seek

Ediots


Any Northerner who says Southern PDP candidate won’t win in the North against Southern APC candidate is simply advocating sabotage. Otherwise, why won’t you Atiku or Tambuwal galvanize your people in the north to secure victory for Southern PDP candidate on the grounds of party politics? Don’t you have the capacity to do that or you will abandon the ship?

Bunch of saboteurs. Northern politicians in PDP. All of them

Cashsteady:
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I need a candid advice about the iPhone 6s,how good is it and how does it operate, does it Lag??

I don’t know what an upgraded iPhone6s means.

If it is an iOS software upgrade, that’s perfectly cool. Anyother upgrade outside operating system upgrade is a scam and I won’t even recommend that you go for such phone.

I have never used an iPhone 6s before so I can’t give an honest review that hinges on experience. I use the iPhone 7. Don’t do much with it as I don’t game, or do tech gigs such as graphic designs or video edits. So I’m not in the position to say much based on its performance while performing these tasks.


If you want to go for the iPhone 6s, better to go for a software upgraded one, preferably UK/USA used. And lastly, get a power bank if you don’t live in an area with decent power supply.


Maybe you’ll enjoy it, maybe not. But at least you will have used an Apple product for once.

In that case, Umahi’s sacking holds no water !

PrinceOfLagos:
El Rufai wan scatter APC by fire by force

Chei, Tinubu o, how will you then become presidiot

convention will not hold

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AmazingELixir:
I am so stup!d I don’t even know where I come from. Umahi is so better than wike. Despite slim allocation that is second to last in the federation he comes very close to wike on infrastructure yet my governor collects times 3 of his allocation and umahi does not owe salary

read what you wrote again. You’re right anyway no point to argue

Igbofam:
What in the name of a gutter is this? When you allow people build so close to the road and you now want to run a gutter project this is the nonsense you get just to balance the symmetry which in turn would not allow for free flow of waste water. Nonsense and Enugu construction

That is enugu na and their wiruwuru

I am talking of ebonyi

Nwodosis:
That flyover don turn to Osisioma flyover in Aba, it is designed not to be finished just like the political 2nd Niger Bridge. Governor Wike is the man when it comes to flyovers!

wike or umahi? Umahi has more than 12 finished and painted flyovers in just 7years

onuman:
Ijaws, Annang, Ibibios, Igala are all Igboid peoples, share same cultural and religious values with the Igbo.

you’re wrong

PDP sponsored

Since he left PDP two years ago na so so PDP dey try their best to terrorize the state and make it ungovernable

Karlosorji:
Any other governor will do more than this. He's just doing his job

Na em the previous governor before him no do as much as he did?

Wike in trouble with Ebonyi Governor, Edo Governor and Northern yoots

What is wrong with this Chelsea fan

sapientia:
[s]Your blog must be absolute trash/rubbish if this is how you think.



It's possible you are a political thug

A very shameful work if you ask me[/s]

go and get a blog if it’s easy

SmartProf:
[s]So if a party must be wiped off in a state, the citizens are no longer meant to do that job with their PVCs? You now have to resort to illegality from sacked members of the house in collaboration with a tyrant wannabe governor to achieve such useless plans. Your brain and sense of judgement is very foolish for a humanbeing to parade and must be discarded to a bin[/s].

Come and remove umahi make i see. Are you even from Ebonyi state what is your business comrade? Face Buhari who is ur president and face ur state Governor.

Where the cars

Yeye dey smell

PDP party that was in power when Ebonyi was the dust of the Nation

PDP in Ebonyi State never again.

Papofo:
What exactly is the problem in Ebonyin state?

PDP is still trying to remove the Governor

Racoon:
Dave Umahi, this political tyranny will surely consume you and your government.

shut up

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has carpeted his River state counterpart, Nyesom Wike over his comment on the court ruling that sacked him from office.


Recall that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja had sacked Umahi and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, for dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In his reaction, Umahi described his removal and that of his deputy from office by Justice Ekwo as “a hatchet” man’s job, adding that the judge was wrong in his ruling.



After which Governor Wike lambasted Umahi for verbally attacking the Judge who sacked him from office, claiming that the PDP masterminded the judgement that had Umahi and his deputy sacked from office.

In his response, Umahi slammed Wike for hinting that he orchestrated his sack from office, adding that his colleague should stop speaking as if he has the Nigerian Judiciary in his armpit.



In a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Francis Nwaze, the Ebonyi governor asked Wike to explain to Nigerians how he masterminded the ruling without being a Judge.

Umahi described Wike as a cheeky hatchet job-man for making such an unguarded comment about him, asking the people of Ebonyi to ignore the submission made by the Rivers governor.



The statement read, “We have come across a video by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike in which he was quoted as saying that he masterminded the Abuja High Court judgment on Governor David Umahi’s defection to All Progressives Congress, APC.

“Not much surprised at the comment though, we would have ignored it as one of his blubberings but it has become imperative we make a few annotations for clarity.

“Wike from the statement has taken responsibility for the pronouncement of the Federal High Court, thus requiring that he explains to Nigerians how he now calls the shots in the Nation’s Judiciary without being a Judge.



“While we will not get intoxicated and begin to comment on a case that is already pending in a Court of competent jurisdiction like Wike, we like to place it on record that Ebonyi State is not in the same geopolitical Zone with Rivers State and so nothing would have prompted Nyesom Wike to make such unguarded comment about Governor Umahi if he is not a cheeky hatchet job-man.

“It is on record that Governor Umahi since the legal battle started has conducted himself properly by filing an appeal in a Court of Superior records and did not resort to horse-trading like his counterpart, Nyesom Wike who speaks as if he has the Nigeria Judiciary in his armpit, which is impossible.



“We are however not unaware that the envy of Nyesom Wike is the earth-shattering accomplishments of the Governor Umahi led administration in Ebonyi State which include but are not limited to over seventeen twin flyovers, State of the art King David University of Medical Sciences, the best of its kind in Africa, the shopping mall, the best International Airport in Nigeria, payment of civil servants, massive empowerment of the youths, widows, clergy and so much more.

“While not joining issues with the Governor, we like to remind Wike that hence he riggled himself out of the 2015 Appeal Court ruling dismissing him as Governor of Rivers State, Governor Umahi would come out of his current legal issues stronger and unscathed while still proceeding on his presidential ambition gallantly.

“Not minding his looney voice, we want to emphasize that Governor Umahi and Ebonyians have absolute confidence in the Nigeria Judiciary to carry out an unbiased adjudication which would open a new vista of precedence in justice dispensation in Nigeria.



“We urge Ebonyians and supporters of Governor David Nweze Umahi across the Country and beyond to remain peaceful and resolute lest the likes of Wike and other political desperados score a cheap political point by the reason of their conduct at a time like this.

“We also enjoin Ebonyi citizens and the reading public to disregard the hapless surmise of a man reputed for orchestration of unhealthy and brutish governance under a Democracy.”

Source: https://semmatloaded.com/2022/03/youre-a-cheeky-hatchet-jobman-umahi-replies-wikes-comment-on-court-ruling/

Maxymilliano:
DEFECTION to another Party INVALIDATES a Certificate of Return.

Any sane person with a sense of law and order, knows Umahi and his Deputy don't have a case

You’re incorrect, Umahi stays

Smithkafors:
Umahi's problem is within APC someone wants to scheme him out.

Apparently

Maxymilliano:
PDP is not distracting him, the party is only requesting for the certificate of returns that was issued by INEC which confirmed David Umahi of PDP as the duly elected governor of the State. APC wasn't declared the winner, so he should kindly vacate the seat and seek fresh mandate that will recognize him as David Umahi of APC.

Why didn’t the court collect ask Atiku to return his certificate of return Abi going to INEC after he left PDP to ACN while still being Vice President and after he won VP seat under PDP and decamped in 2006?

Supreme Court settled it then that Atiku will retain his certificate of return.

Why are now doing as if Supreme Court is not the highest court of jurisdiction in this land?