Ikpeazu
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Tuesday reserved judgments in six appeals filed against two judgments of the Federal High Court, Abuja, sacking Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in his June 27 rulings in suits filed by Samson Ogah and Obasi Ekeagbala, voided Ikpeazu’s election for making false claims in the tax information he submitted to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), preparatory to the December 8, 2014 governorship primary in the state.
The court reserved judgments in the appeals after listening to parties made their final submissions and adopted their briefs of argument.
The appeals included three filed by Ikpeazu and marked: CA/A/390/2016, CA/A/ 390D and CA/A/406/2016
There were two appeals filed by the PDP marked: CA/A/390A and CA/A/406A and the one marked: CA/A/390B filed by Friday Nwosu, a PDP governorship candidate, who came fifth in the party’s primary.
Nwosu’s suit against Ikpeazu was dismissed by the Federal High Court, Umuahia, over his failure to prove the forgery allegation against the governor.
Ikeazu, represented by a team of 37 lawyers including eight Senior Advocates of Nigeria, led by Wole Olanipekun, faulted the judgments of the court.
He urged the court to set aside the judgments.
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