{"id":50857,"date":"2016-07-02T17:35:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T16:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=50857"},"modified":"2016-07-02T17:35:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T16:35:25","slug":"law-uche-ogah-new-abia-governor-says-agbakoba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/law-uche-ogah-new-abia-governor-says-agbakoba\/","title":{"rendered":"By law,\u00a0 Uche Ogah is new Abia Governor says Agbakoba."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two senior advocates, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba and Femi Falana have stated that Mr. Okezie Ikpeazu is no longer the Governor of Abia State in the eyes of the Law.<\/p>\n

Both jurists insist that\u00a0\u00a0 by Law Ikpeazu has been removed by the court and he is no longer the governor of Abia State.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to Agbakoba ” the\u00a0 court has removed him as governor but the problem is that there\u2019s a transition period. But the court has removed him as governor and there\u2019s a new governor-elect who is yet to be sworn-in. and that is why I think there\u2019s a major political vacuum. Clearly, the Ikpeazu is no longer the governor by Law.”<\/p>\n

On his part. Falana said ” \u201cFederal High Court ordered that Uche Ogah be issued with Certificate of Return and should be sworn in as governor of Abia State. INEC complied with the order. The order exparte issued by a judge in Abia State High Court is illegal and contemptuous.”<\/p>\n

Justice Okon Abang, in his judgment of Monday, June 27, 2016 in a suit filed by Uche Ogah, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member held that Ikpeazu does not possess the requisite qualifications to contest the election as governor, in that he did not furnish credible evidence of payment of tax, to the Abia State Government.<\/p>\n

The judge ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare Ogah who came second in the PDP primary, as the elected candidate.
\nIn the suit, Ogah had contended that Ikpeazu evaded tax prior to his election and as such was not qualified to hold elective office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know the grounds which the other order from Abia State was obtained by one of the parties. But I do know that a judgment was given and a certificate of return was issued by INEC in Abuja. If they want to stay that order they have to go to the very court that passed the judgment, said Agbakoba<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is procedurally wrong towant to arrest that judgment us- ing another court of coordinate jurisdiction. The order of the Federal High Court in Abuja should be obeyed.” He said<\/p>\n

\u201cA Notice of Appeal is clearly not a Stay and INEC has broken no Law in issuing Certificate of Return to Ogah. But they should have relied on the prudential principle by cautioning themselves, giving the fact that they have received a Notice of Appeal, which in itself, does not constitute a stay of execution of the order of the court. However INEC has broken no law by issuing the certificate of return to Ogah,\u201dAgbakoba said.<\/p>\n

Falana also stated that INEC had done the right thing by obeying the order of the Federal High Court.<\/p>\n

“The Abia State High Court cannot sit on appeal over the order of the Federal High Court as it is a court of concurrent jurisdiction,\u201d Falana stated.<\/p>\n

In his reaction, the President of Nigeria Bar Association, Austin Aleghe, stated that while he was not fully briefed on the issue, the position of the law is that when a stay of execution and a notice of appeal has been filed, it is incumbent on all parties to stay action to avoid a situation where one\u2019s interest will be rendered nugatory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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