Confusion as Another Candidate Stakes Claim to Abia Governorship Seat
The Abia governorship tussle took another dimension Thursday as a
governorship aspirant in the December 6, 2014 Peoples Democratic Party
governorship primaries in the state, Chief Friday Nwosu, staked his claim
to the governorship position.
Nwosu has filed a suit challenging the emergence of Ogah stating that in
the absence of the governor, he remained the lawful candidate.
An Abuja High Court Presided by Justice Okon Abang had sacked the
governor on the ground that he filed false tax returns and ordered the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue certificate of
return to Dr Uche Ogah, who came second during the primary election.
INEC Thursday complied with the court order by issuing Ogah the
certificate of return.
Nwosu insisted that since Ikpeazu was disqualified, the Court ought to have
declared him governor as Ogah did not participate in the state PDP
primaries and expressed his confidence in the appellate courts to rectify
the error.
“The Court erred in law; the judgment is a miscarriage of justice
and cannot stand judicial scrutiny. Dr. Uche Ogah must not be allowed to
benefit from an exercise he totally condemned by refusing to sign the
result and petitioning the party to conduct another primary election. He
should wait for the rerun of the PDP primaries which he prayed for in his
petition to the party. In the eyes of the law, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and
Chief Friday Nwosu, were the only candidates who ran for the party
primaries and accepted the results without complaint. Since Dr. Okezie
Ikpeazu has been disqualified, I remain the lawful candidate of the PDP
and ought to have been declared governor.
“Our party, the PDP in its Constitution, recognizes zoning of political
offices. The 2015 governorship position was rightly zoned to Abia South in
the spirit of justice and equity by the state chapter of the party. It is
on record. Since Dr. Uche Ogah is a member of the PDP, he must abide with
the decisions of the party. Therefore, he cannot emerge from behind to
shortchange the people of Abia South,” he maintained.
The suit filed by Nwosu had suffered several delays and is still pending
before a new Judge, Justice A.I. Alagoa of the Federal High Court, Owerri
Division while adoption of written addresses by counsel to parties will
hold on July 4 and 5, 2016.
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