ABIA GOV LOGJAM:  PDP CHIEFTAIN PRAYS SUPREME COURT TO MERGE TAX APPEALS

In a bid to ensure that justice is served on all the parties in the Abia

state governorship logjam, one of the governorship aspirants who contested

the December 8, 2014 PDP primaries in the state, Chief Friday Nwosu, has

urged the Supreme Court to merge his appeal which is still lying at the

Court of Appeal, Owerri, with the appeals against the judgment of the

Justice Morenike Ogunwumiju panel which affirmed the election of Dr. Okezie

Ikpeazu, as the governor.
Nwosu who stated this in a telephone interview with Pointblanknews.com

stated that the two appeals over the state governorship position are between

the same parties, same subject matter as well as same reliefs, called on

the Supreme Court to intervene and consolidate the appeals since the

contradictory decisions of the two Divisions of the Federal High Court

caused monumental national embarrassment to the nation's judiciary and near

anarchy in Abia state.
He appealed to the apex court to consolidate and deliver judgment on all

appeals lying at different courts on the Abia governorship logjam, adding

that it will serve the best interest of justice if Appeals Nos.

SC/717/2016, SC/719/2016 and SC/739/2016, lying at the Supreme Court, are

heard together with his appeal, CA/OW/190/2016 pending at the Court of

Appeal, Owerri, to avoid rendering it an academic exercise.

While lamenting that his appeal had suffered several delays and ought to

have been decided and appeals moved to the Supreme Court, the PDP chieftain

said, “If the Supreme Court does not intervene under Sections 17 and 22 of

the Supreme Court Act as I prayed, Appeal No. CA/OW/190/2016 will be

rendered an academic exercise and thereby denying me the right to fair

hearing. All the materials required for the determination of the Appeal are

contained in the Records of Appeal already compiled and transmitted to

court of Appeal, Owerri Division in Appeal No.CA/OW/190/2016, Sir Friday

Nwosu vs. PDP and 3 others. Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/71/2016 i.e. CA/A/390/2016,

CA/A/390A/2016 and CA/A/390B/2016 had been heard and determined at the

Court of Appeal, Abuja on 18/8/2016 while my appeal ,CA/OW/190/2016 is

still being delayed and pending at the Court of Appeal, Owerri.

In the alternative, I pray the Supreme Court to direct the Panel of

Justices of the Court of Appeal already sitting at Owerri to hear and

determine the Appeal No.CA/OW/190/2016 between Sir Friday Nwosu vs. PDP & 3

ors to hear and determine the said Appeal expeditiously so that any appeal

from their decision might be brought to the Supreme Court before the

commencement of hearing in the Appeal Nos.SC/717/2016, SC/719/2016 and

SC/739/2016 pending before the Supreme Court.”
Sources told Pointblanknews.com that a five man panel of the Court of

Appeal sitting at Owerri, led by Justice R.C. Agbo, set up to hear the

appeals lodged by Nwosu and Ikpeazu on the judgment of the Federal High

Court, Owerri, delivered by Justice Allagoa, has  adjourned to October, 20,

2016.
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