₦airaland Forum

Uche Ogah, the governor-elect of Abia state,
has rejected the ruling of an Imo state high
court in favour of Okezie Ikpeazu, the sitting
governor.

Justice AI Allagoa, on Friday, July 8, affirmed
the election of Ikpeazu saying that the plaintiff,
Friday Nwosu, was unable to prove that the
tax documents against the governor were
forged.
The ruling thus seems to nullify the earlier
ruling of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal
High Court in Abuja which declared Ogah as
governor-elect and asked the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue
him certificate of return.


Monday Ubani, lawyer to Ogah, said the
judgement by Justice Allagoa cannot stand
because, apart from the fact that another court
had ruled on the issue, what the Owerri court
looked at was a different ground of argument.
“The refusal of Justice Abang of the Federal
High Court to hear the application for stay of
execution of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu means that the
judgement he delivered on the 27th of June
still stands until it is reversed by a higher
court, this time the Court of Appeal and/or
later the Supreme Court.
“It is important to point out that the judgement
of the high court, Owerri in which the reliefs of
Mr Nwosu were dismissed is very favorable to
Dr Uche Ogah.
“It would have been otherwise if the Court in
Owerri had ordered Dr Ikpeazu to vacate his
seat for Mr Nwosu to take over.


“Mr Nwosu came under weak foundation; he
alleged forgery of the tax papers, that
allegation must be proved beyond reasonable
doubts.


“Did Dr Okezie really forge his tax papers?
The answer is no, but did his tax papers
contain false information? The answer is yes.
These are two different things that must be
distinguished.
“He was therefore unable to prove forgery and
so had his reliefs denied.
“His case against Dr. Uche Ogah is that Dr
Uche failed to sign the Result Sheet and so
cannot be a beneficiary of what he refused to
acknowledge.
“The court dismissed that arm of claim as the
foundation of such claims lacks merit and not
sustainable. He had all his reliefs denied and
thrown out.
“I heard though not confirmed that the
Osisioma high court has extended its illegal
ex parte order to God-knows-when.
“These are panicky measures that will be
corrected later in the appellate courts.


“If this illegality is allowed or tolerated by the
judiciary we might as well kiss goodbye to our
democracy.
“It is absurdity of unimaginable proportion,” he
said.





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I talk am

Not Imo state high court but Federal high court Owerri. However the court declared that Uche Oga is not qualified by law to be sworn in as governor of Abia State. QED.

kahal29:
I talk am

Make this ogah boy go relax naa

wait for the courts: Attorney General of the federation the status quo remains