A group, Abia Progressive Alliance (APA) says it has uncovered a plot to
bribe the Judge of the Federal High Court, Owerri, Justice I.A. Alagoa who
is set to deliver judgment on the tax forgery suit against Gov. Okezie
Ikpeazu, on Friday 8th July, 2016.
The group alleged that Ikpeazu has secured a N20 billion financial war
chest to bribe all the Judges hearing the tax forgery suit against him, up
to the Supreme Court.
National Coordinator of the group, Nnaemeka Ukpabi and Publicity Secretary,
Chidi Ekechi, who stated this in Umuahia decried the increasing desperation
by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to employ all antics to cling to the position
and urged him to allow the Judge to deliver justice on the matter.
The group accused the Abia Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,
Chief Umeh Kalu of being the arrow head of the plot to bribe Judges hearing
the tax forgery suit against the governor to ensure that his accusers are
frustrated.
“Our attention has been drawn to a plot spearheaded by the Attorney General
and Commissioner for Justice, Abia State, Chief Umeh kalu to bribe the
presiding Judge of the Federal High Court, Owerri, Justice I.A. Alagoa to
deliver a favourable judgment to Gov.Okezie Ikpeazu. This is one of the
many antics the governor had employed in his desperate bid to hold on to
his position and escape the impending prosecution over the forgery of his
tax documents. We warn that any attempt to occasion a miscarriage of
justice will set Abia state on fire.”
The group urged Judges who are hearing the tax forgery suit to emulate
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal Court 10, Abuja and dispense justice
without fear or favour.
It further threatened to petition the National Judicial Council (NJC)
against Umeh Kalu who will soon be conferred with the prestigious status of
a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). ”Umeh Kalu is not a fit and proper
person to be conferred with the prank of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(SAN).He has a reputation for bribing Judges. We will soon expose all the
dirty deals which rendered him unfit for such esteemed position.”