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NTERVIEW: Uwajumogu explains why the House impeached Jude Agbaso.
The Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ben Uwajumogu in this special interview responds to issues concerning the impeachment of the immediate past deputy governor of the state, Sir Jude Agbaso and allegations that the House did the bidding of the governor. Excerpt:

Speculations were rife that the Executive Arm put the Legislature under pressure to act. How true was that?

Well, usually that will be the situation but the truth is that the impeachment didn’t start in one day. There was an investigation. No body forced or influenced the House of Assembly into removing or impeaching the deputy governor. Everything followed due process.

The Elder brother to the victim has cried out saying that everything was targeted toward 2015?

My response to that is that that is outside the scope of the investigation of the House of Assembly. The committee that was set up wasn’t set up to investigate what will happen in 2015. 2015 is still within the realm of speculation. If he has some political issues with the governor, we are not informed of that and that was not the issue.

If there were some political issues bordering on 2015 with the governor, we were not informed of that and that was not the issue. I can even reveal that in August 2012, the elder brother along with some highly placed persons from the PDP acting on alleged orders of the presidency tried to lobby and co-opt me into an impeachment plan to remove the Governor promising mind blowing sums of money to pave the way for the ex -deputy governor to ascend the office, I turned it down because there was no evidence of wrong doing.

We have read in the papers that Agbaso senior has brought the call log detailing that there was no communication between them at the period under review.

But he admitted. He admitted that the man came to his house. He also admitted that the man came to Agbaso senior’s house. You see, for me this is all subterfuge and story. They had all the opportunities to clear themselves at the Committee. I wasn’t a member of the committee but as the Speaker, I am the chairman of every committee. And the committee referred back to me.

Don’t you share the view that the impeachment will heighten the political tension in the state as it is now?

Like I said, the position of the deputy governor is very influential position. It is far more influential than the position of the Speaker. In the speaker’s position, you impeach him any minute and the House continues. But the deputy governor is a very difficult position than this one. So, there is no argument about the fact that in the state, there is a lot of tension. But the truth is that life goes on. The state is more important that anybody else.

The speed with which the deputy governor was replaced within hours made some believe that it was all arranged?

Well, I am not the Governor of the state. I can only account for what we do in the chambers. If the governor sent us his nominee, the moment the deputy governor is removed, from that minute there is vacuum.

And if the governor said he wants the vacuum filled and he nominates somebody who the House already knows and in our opinion, there is nothing. Somebody who has been a Chief of Staff to the Governor and he has worked with the house for almost two years, we didn’t think there was any other thing that was required because everything we wanted to know about him we already know.

What do you really think about the politics of zones in Imo State?
If you ask me, those are the wrong reasoning of the past. Today, if you ask me, I will tell you that poverty, underdevelopment, disease, lack of education does not recognize any zone. If you are hungry, it doesn’t matter where the food is coming from.

Massive development


The emergence of Owelle Rochas Okorocha as governor of Imo State has proven to us, we Imo people, and we have to really be blind, even the blind have ears not to see that today Imo State, entire state is a witness to massive development going on in Imo State.

You seem to speak so well of the governor unlike Speakers of Assembly…
There is nothing I have said here that cannot be verified. I have not come to sing the songs of the governor but if a man has done well, let’s us give him credit for what he has done. I will not for the sake of criticizing and just start criticizing a man. Of course, there are areas where he hasn’t done well but that’s not the issue here.

…and new twist in N458 million bribe saga

It is an issue that is continuing to reverberate across the state. The hurried removal of the erstwhile deputy governor of Imo State, Sir Jude Agbaso over the allegation of collecting N458 million bribe from a contractor, Mr. Joseph Dina of J-PROS is an issue that will continue to bestir political circles in the state.

Agbaso was removed from office by the Imo State House of Assembly last March upon the allegation by Mr. Dina, a Lebanese, that he, Dina diverted N458 million of the N1.3 billion awarded for the re-construction of the Dei Sam Mbakwe Avenue in Owerri to Agbaso. Dina had further alleged that Agbaso sent him text message on how to deliver the bribe and claimed to have offered a bottle of whiskey to Agbaso in the course of the consummation of the allegedly illicit transaction.

Agabso, however, denied the claims and his defence was backed by the printout of his telephone log from MTN.

As the controversy deepened at the beginning of April, Agbaso in collaboration with his elder brother, Chief Martins Agbaso hired financial forensic experts who remarkably traced the alleged bribe money to Dina’s home country in Lebanon.

Remarkably, just weeks after the impeachment of the erstwhile deputy governor, the Imo State government seemed to backtrack when it turned on Dina, when it arraigned him before a magistrate court in Owerri for allegedly obtaining N1.3 billion from the state government through false pretence.

The case is remarkably a new twist given that Dina was the principal prosecution witness used by the House in the impeachment process against Agbaso.

The claim by the Imo state authorities that Dina obtained N1.3 billion from the state authorities also raises questions among some stakeholders given the earlier assertions by the authorities in Imo that it does not pay mobilization fees to contractors.

How Mr. Dina blinded the eyes of the authorities who parted with N1.3 billion of the state funds against the due process procedure of the Rochas Okorocha administration is raising questions.

The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Soronnadi Njoku, filed the charges against Dina at the Owerri Chief Magistrate court presided by Mrs. Victoria Isiguzo, on behalf of the government .

Source: www.forum.imostars.org

IS IMO JUDICIARY IN TROUBLE WATERS UNDER THE OKOROCHA ADMINISTRATION
Towards the end of the year 2011, the Imo State Government suspended the Imo State Judicial Service Commission. This was done through a letter by the Secretary of the State Government Prof. A. g. Anwuka to the Chief Judge of the state calling for the suspension of the activities of the commission. Subsequently, the state government appointed new members who replaced the ‘sacked’ ones who were yet to complete their constitutionall y guaranteed tenures in office.
Consequently, the replaced members challenged their removal in an Owerri High Court. On the 27th June 2012, the Owerri High Court presided by Hon Justice Nonye Okoronkwo declared the replacement of the sacked commission members unconstitutiona l and ordered the removed commission members be re-instated. The affected members are the Former President of the Imo State Customary Court of Appeal, Rtd. Justice Obasi Iwuagwu, Pioneer Vice Chancellor of the Imo State University Prof. Thomas Ndubizu, Former Majority Leader of the Imo House of Assembly Hon. Nkem Nwankwo, and Barr. Chinedu Igwe.
Consequently, the newly appointed members of the commission who replaced the illegally removed ones ceased to be in office.
Regrettably, the Imo State Government has since then refused to obey this judgment but claims to have gone on appeal against the judgment. This has invariably made the state judiciary not to have a functional Judicial Service Commission for more than 10 months from the time of this write-up.
Section 6 (c) Part II Third Schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As Amended) spells out the duties of a State Judicial Service Commission. They include the duty to appoint, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over judges, magistrates, customary court chairmen/ members, the Chief Registrar/ Deputy Registrars of the superior courts and members of the staff of the Judicial Service Commission.
Therefore, the implication of the non-existence of a Judicial Service Commission in Imo State is that all the above functions of the Commission is not being performed in the State for 11 months from the time of this write-up.
Recently, in the year 2012 a list of more than ten persons to be nominated as judges for the Imo State Judiciary was rejected by the National Judicial Council because of the non-obedience to the June 27 2013 court judgment ordering the re-instatement of the sacked members of the Imo State judicial Service Commission. Also, in the same year some persons were elevated to the Court of Appeal. Abia State had two slots while Imo State was completely left out because of the same disobedience to the said judgment. Presently, there is no Imo person at the Supreme Court since the death of Justice Pats Acholonu and there is no hope yet of having an Imo indigene at the said country’s apex court.
Furthermore, since the retirement of Justice A.B.C. Egu retired more than a year and half from the time of this write-up, there has not been a substantive President of the Imo State Customary Court of Appeal. The next senior judge Justice P. I. Okpara has acted beyond for more than a year and 6 months as against the constitutionall y provided 3 months period. This is because there is no existing Judicial Service Commission in Imo State to confirm the appointment of a substantive President. Many legal pundits are of the opinion that this lacuna can elicit a lot of unconstitutiona lity. It is said that this can nullify some acts done by the Acting President of the state Customary Court of Appeal done in such acting capacity beyond the constitutionall y provided period of acting in that capacity. Also there is no confirmation of a substantive Chief Registrar and Deputy Registrar for a very long time now since the inception of the Okorocha Government in the state.
In another vein, the Imo State Law on the establishment of courts in Imo State provides for a minimum of 30 High Courts to service the 27 local government areas in the state. Port-Harcourt municipality alone has 25 functional Courts. But unfortunately, Imo State has only few courts. As at the time of this write-up, there are no High Courts in 14 local government areas of the state. They are; Ezinihitte Mbaise, Ehime Mbano, Ideato South, Isu, Mbaitoli, Ngor-Okpala, Njaba, Nwangele, Obowo, Ohaji/Egbema, Onuimo, Orsu , Oru West, Owerri North and Owerri West. The irony is that some of the above listed Local Government Areas do not even have a High Court when in actual sense, the need up to four High Courts each.
To worsen the matter, there is no judge sitting at Ahiazu Mbaise High Court for about two years from the time of this write-up. Also as a result of retirement of many judges, there are no judges in some High Courts in Owerri, Oguta High Courts 2 and 3, High Court 2 Okigwe, Isiala Mbano High Court and the High Court in Urualla Ideato South. Regrettably also, not less than two judges are retiring before then end of the year 2013.
Similarly, the above unfortunate situations in High Courts in Imo State are even worse in the state Customary Court of Appeal, Magistrates’ and Customary courts. Incidentally, it is over one year from the time of this write-up the Okorocha Administration conducted interview for appointment of magistrates but nothing has been heard any longer about the exercise.
The implication of the above scenario in the Imo State judiciary is that one judge, magistrate or panels of customary courts handles from 20 to 40 cases daily (being cases meant for up to four to five persons/ panels). Also, the Panels of Customary Courts are distorted because of vacancies or completion of tenures of some members without replacement. All of these and more have jointly ruined justice delivery in the state as cases linger so much in court with disposal of cases unreasonably delayed. This has also made the people lose hope in the Imo Judiciary which before now, was seen as the ‘last hope of the common man’.
Recently, I heard that the Okorocha Government promised to pay off the said members he sacked. The question now is what is the morality behind this? Are the sacked commission members outcasts or non Imo indigenes? Why not allow them complete their tenure and then appoint new nones? But the most unfortunate thing is that the government seems to be insincere about the pay-off bid. Rumour has it that the re-instated members of the state Judicial Service Commission were sacked for selfish and political reasons. It is said that the sack of the said commission members is one of the agenda of a senior official of the Okorocha’s Government to make his wife the President of the Customary Court of Appeal against the rule on seniority in the legal profession. Some people are also of the opinion that the comatose in the state Judiciary is a manifestation of the present state government’s publicly acclaimed disenchantment for Rule of Law.
The irony of the whole saga is that when the re-instated members of the commission were illegally sacked and new ones appointed, the Chief Judge of Imo State who is the Chairman of the Commission did not waste time in sitting with the new members. But eleven months after the Imo State High Court ordered for the reinstatement of the sacked members, the Chief Judge is yet to start sit with the re-instated members. What is happening?

The Nigerian Bar Association is among the greatest casualties of the predicament facing the Imo State judiciary. Ironically, Imo State has a lot of Senior Advocates in the country’s legal profession. Many judges and other stake-holders have openly called on the Nigeria Bar Association to advocate for the recovery of the Imo Judiciary which is dying under the Okorocha Administration but unfortunately, the association has practically done nothing in this regard.
Be that as it may, there is no hope lost yet. If the government means well for the Imo State judiciary, I do not see any difficulty in getting this arm of government back on track.
Therefore below are my humble suggestions as way forward out of this mess in the state judiciary.
1. The court judgment re-instating the sacked members of the state Judicial Service Commission should be obeyed by the Imo State Government. The re-instated commission members should be allowed to serve out their tenures. This will make the state have a functional Judicial Service Commission that will take care of the welfare of court officials. It will also make the state have a President of the state Customary Court of Appeal, new Judges, Magistrates and other court officers appointed for better service delivery.
2. The Imo State Government should grant the Imo State Judiciary financial autonomy just like it is in places like Rivers State. This will make the judicial arm of the state government independent and free from undue influence and control of politicians and other arms of government.
3. Other arms of government should not continue desecrating the judiciary by interfering with its activities for selfish and political reasons.
4. The society is becoming more sophisticated and the litigious consciousness of Imo people is increasing everyday. Therefore, adequate fund should be provided for the Imo State Judiciary so that this important arm of government can meet its demanding responsibilitie s.
5. More courts should be created and new judicial officers, magistrates, customary court officers appointed to handle the rising number cases that pile up in the judiciary.
6. The Chief Judge and other stake-holders in the judiciary should sincerely stand courageously against the undue interference of politicians in the activities of the judiciary just like in the good days of Justice Chukwudifo Oputa (Rtd.) as the Chief Judge of Imo State.
7. Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (especially the ones in Imo State) should discontinue its latent approach towards the plight of the judiciary but take a clue from their Abia State counterparts to rise against any evil that is killing this arm of government where they minister.

Source: www.forum.imostars.org

When the JPROS case came up, I was a lone voice in the wilderness. I informed Imolites that Jude Agbaso was only facing trial for abuse of office over N458 Million Naira. That case was totally diferrent from the way and manner N1,3Billion Naira disappeared to a Lebannese who was proud to tell us he was not going to conclude the job because he diverted Imo money meant for the execution of a road contract to bribe to whoever.

While the debate raged, some clowns tried to use the impeachment of Jude Agbaso to hoodwink, bemuse and confuse an enlightened citizenry to the effect that Jude Agbaso was giving fair hearing. That posture was a shame to the logic we were taught in the university. The case of Agbaso allegedly collecting bribe is a world different from how N1.3Billion Naira was paid without due process. You and I know that no Deputy Governor in Nigeria can sign out N100 Million if the Governor did not approve of it.

Today I am happy to be vindicated by the recent EFCC investigation. One man cannot be guilty of the loss of over N1.3Billion. It is such huge money that it cannot go without the toppest of Imo government officials. That was my humble verdict and they said I was a busy body. Some said I was paid by Agbaso. But I have always said that If I was paid to advocate that N1.3 Billion Naira be returned to Imo
coffers, is that a wrong course? Should I have asked that the investigation be closed and the monies ate by self-serving individuals?

The mistake many clowns make is that they equate our humble view here to a judgment against Rochas Okorocha administration. Far from it. Rochas no doubt has done well comparatively. If u ask me ten times, I will tell u, Imo is better with Rochas than all who filed out against him in 2011. Under him, Imo has made substantial progress, his controversies and shortcomings though manifestly evident in abundance. On the JPROS case however, I return a verdict of indictment against him, his Commissioner for Finance, his Accountan and his SA Project Monitoring. I refuse to believe that Joseph Dina could defraud Imo of N1.3Billion even in overpayment under the able watch of Owelle Rochas Okorocha. Owelle is too prudent and organised to be duped. The only conclusion therefor is that Owelle allowed Jpros to take that money, because I do not know him as one who is sharing the money.

To those who are campaigning against the EFCC investigation of the N1.3 Billion, Shame on u. Perhaps all u re interested is impeachment of the Deputy Governor. You are not fighting for the return of the missing N1.3 Billion. Shame on u once again

SOURCE: www.forum.imostars.org

For only 30 vacancies that exists in the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, management of the federal health institution sold over 3,000 application forms to hapless job seekers, who paid various sums of money to purchase them with the hope of securing employment.

The categories of payment made by the unsuspecting applicants ranged from N5,000.00 to N10,000.00, depending on the category of position being applied for.

THISDAY investigation revealed that the employment forms were sold to attract revenue for the federal health institution as this runs contrary to the principle of employment.

To buttress the fact, an applicant (name withheld) applied for Health Attendant and was given a receipt No. 860596 dated October 19, 2012 for payment of Employment form for N3,000.00.Some applicants who felt that they were ripped off by that federal health institution have cried out, complaining of the shoddy manner they were treated during the interview as most of them did not see their names shortlisted for the interview.

In a petition to the Minister of Health by Imo Transparency Group (ITG) and made available to THISDAY, President and Secretary, Comrades Reginald Nnorom and Camilius Ohakwe of ITG, complained of several irregularities going on at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, accusing the Medical Director, Dr. Angela Uwakwem of high-handedness, overstay of her tenure (having stayed for a period of 10 years – Acting Medical Director for six years 2003-2009 and substantive Medical Director for four years 2009-June 2013), and official recklessness.

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