Abia Governorship tussle: Appeal Court to deliver judgment today
Thu Aug 18, 2016 07:23:am Politics
3.8K By Buchi Obichie
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja will today (Thursday) deliver judgment in the dispute between Okezie Ikpeazu and Uche Ogah over the Abia State Governorship seat.
According to reports, parties to the six separate appeals arising from the July 27 judgments of a Federal High Court in Abuja were reportedly served with the hearing notices late on Wednesday.
A lawyer to one of the parties disclosed that the hearing notice indicated that the five-man panel led by Justice Helen Ogunwumiju would commence sitting by 10am today, to deliver judgment.
The court, after the proceedings that lasted over eight hours on August 9, reserved judgments in six separate appeals challenging the two decisions of a Federal High Court in Abuja, which on June 27, 2016 removed Okezie Ikpeazu as Governor of Abia State.
The panel on August 9 heard all the appeals, reserved the judgments and promised to communicate to the counsel for the parties the date to deliver them.
Okezie Ikpeazu had been sacked as Governor of Abia State on June 27 by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegedly disclosing false information in relation to his tax clearance details to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in his form nominating him as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Governorship election in the state last year.
According to reports, parties to the six separate appeals arising from the July 27 judgments of a Federal High Court in Abuja were reportedly served with the hearing notices late on Wednesday.
A lawyer to one of the parties disclosed that the hearing notice indicated that the five-man panel led by Justice Helen Ogunwumiju would commence sitting by 10am today, to deliver judgment.
The court, after the proceedings that lasted over eight hours on August 9, reserved judgments in six separate appeals challenging the two decisions of a Federal High Court in Abuja, which on June 27, 2016 removed Okezie Ikpeazu as Governor of Abia State.
The panel on August 9 heard all the appeals, reserved the judgments and promised to communicate to the counsel for the parties the date to deliver them.
Okezie Ikpeazu had been sacked as Governor of Abia State on June 27 by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegedly disclosing false information in relation to his tax clearance details to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in his form nominating him as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Governorship election in the state last year.
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