KIDNAP SCARE IN ABIA GOVERNORSHIP TUSSLE

Fight for Abia: Ogah wanting to capture legal officers, Ikpeazu charges

 — The Federal Government, yesterday, separated itself from the governorship emergency presently shaking Abia State. This came as Governor Okezie Ikpeazu claimed that there was a plot by "desparate lawmakers" to grab legal officers in Abia State to swear-in Dr. Uche Ogah, who was issued an endorsement of return a week ago by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Yet, Uche Ogah said the battle to confirm him as legislative leader of Abia State was still on and communicated trust that God would see him through. Be that as it may, the Federal Government, through the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, said it never impacted the INEC to issue testament of come back to Ogah. The AGF, in an announcement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Salihu Isah, asked every one of the gatherings required in the governorship tussle to anticipate the "choice of the courts" on the matter. Malami kept up that in this way, no one had drawn closer him to proffer any lawful sentiment on the emergency. Ikpeazu and Ogah He said: "The consideration of the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been attracted to the implications and uncouth untruths being sold and scattered by a cross-segment of Nigerians and the different media stages that the Honorable Attorney General of the Federation is behind the lawful logjam over the Abia State governorship seat and wishes to illuminate that those campaigning this position have no premise to do as such. "Of specific concern are the individuals who have sold badly natured bits of gossip with a perspective to misleading our observing people that it was the Attorney General of the Federation and by augmentation, the Federal Government of Nigeria, that offered orders to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue Certificate of Return to Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah proclaiming him senator choose. "He has certainly not made any move either by talked words or non-verbal communication to the extent this Abia governorship emergency is concerned. "I wish to, in this way, for my important, pronounce that these gossipy tidbits are untrue and an illusion of the creative energy of those pushing these narrow minded, indecent and irredeemable lies into open space which just means partisanship in favor of its purveyors. "To the extent the Attorney General of the Federation is concerned, the protected forces for the legitimate assessment of his office have not been conjured on this issue. "As such, no one has drawn nearer him to proffer any lawful supposition to it. As a solid adherent to the guideline of law, it is his conviction that the law ought to actually follow all the way through "The Honorable Attorney General of the Federation won't be dragged into this contention and brain recreations being played out by the different lawful personalities and twist specialists of both camps now. "The gatherings included ought to anticipate the choice of the courts. "Actually, we wish to, by this announcement, inform those in the propensity with respect to dragging the exceptionally regarded Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice into knotty issue of this kind notwithstanding when it is yet to take a position. They ought to halt from these baseless assumptions consequently." Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on June 27, sacked Governor Ikpeazu of Abia State from office over charged expense extortion. Aside requesting him to quickly empty his office, the court further coordinated INEC to issue a crisp endorsement of come back to Dr. Ogah, who came next in the essential decision of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that delivered Ikpeazu. In spite of the fact that INEC had subsequent to issued testament of come back to Ogah, another court in Abia State, be that as it may, limited the Chief Judge from swearing him in. Plot to seize judges Meanwhile, Governor Ikpeazu has claimed that there was a "plot to hijack legal officers in Abia State" to swear-in Ogah. Ikpeazu's assertion went ahead the heels of the position of Ogah that the refusal of the state's Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, to confirm him as the appropriately chose legislative leader of the state was an insult on the principle of law. I never slipped off from office — CJ But the judge has said that she never departed suddenly from obligation to abstain from swearing in of Ogah as legislative leader of Abia State, demanding that she was in office on Thursday, June 30, 2016, till 4.30 pm. An announcement by the Acting Chief Registrar, Abia State Judiciary, Mrs. Vicky Analaba, said: "The consideration of the Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Theresa Uzoamaka Uzokwe, has been attracted to different spurious and wicked reports affirming that the Chief Judge departed suddenly from her obligation post on Thursday, June 30, 2016, to abstain from swearing in Uche Ogah as Governor of Abia State. "As opposed to the charges of weakness by devilish legislators, the Chief Judge, was in her office all through the working hours on Thursday, June 30, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. "For the shirking of uncertainty, on Thursday, June 30, 2016, the Chief Judge was in her court playing out her legal obligations, including the conveyance of four decisions on that date. "The particulars of the decision being referred to are: HU/35CM/2015 Francis Akor versus the State; HU/ICM/2016-Johnson Asiegbu versus Official of Police, HU/42CM/2016-Onyekachi Samuel versus Chief of Police; HU/34CM/2016-Lucky Sampson versus the State. "These truths are irrefutable and in the records of the court. The different legal advisors who showed up in the particular suits recorded above are likewise living witnesses. "This official statement has ended up important so as to stay away from further insidiousness and to set the records straight." Raising the grab alert, Ikpeazu in an announcement by his Chief Press Secretary, Enyinnaya Appolos said: "The state government has revealed plots by urgent legislators to abduct legal officers in the state. "We approach security offices in the state to build observation and assurance administrations around every single legal officer in the state. "We wish to caution those included in this plot to halt from their terrible exercises as the legislature won't delay to apply the full weight of the law against them. "We additionally approach Abians to be watchful and report any suspicious developments around them to the security." Ogah had blamed the Chief Judge for Abia State, Justice Theresa Uzokwe of constituting "an attack on the standard of law" by declining to confirm him as properly chose legislative head of the state," saying the activity was equipped for undermining the peace and dependability of the state. As per him, the stay of execution of request secured from an Abia High Court in Osisioma has no power of law as the court has coordinate ward with a Federal High Court. "A High Court in Abia is a court of direction locale with a Federal High Court thus any request given by such court to negate a prior request of the same court is ipso facto invalid and void. It is just a higher court that has the legitimate ability to switch the prior request or judgment," Ogah was cited as saying through his Special Adviser on Public Communications, Monday Ubani. Abia PDP blames Ogah for nursing unbridled desire On its own, Abia State section of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blamed Ogah for nursing "unbridled aspiration" and affirmed that he was plotting to abduct legal officers to confirm him as legislative leader of Abia State. An announcement by the gathering's Publicity Secretary, Chief Don Ubani, expressed: "The Peoples' Democratic Party in Abia State has disapproved of the reports making round in the state that a specific frantic government official in the state, whose illicit endeavors to seize power from the indirect access which has been disappointed by conventional utilization of the guideline of law, is presently coordinating his shrewd intrigue towards capturing legal officers in the state with the trust of threatening them so as to have entry to power that he didn't peddle for. "The gathering has similarly taken perception of the exorbitantly goal-oriented legislator's plot to capture some top functionaries of the gathering in the state. As per insight accessible to the gathering, the political outlaw is upset with the state official of the gathering for not turning out to bolster his demonstrations of illicitness. "The gathering, along these lines, alerts the lawmaker that is included in this profane and wicked shenanigan to rapidly follow his loathsome strides as the feasible results of his insidious goals and underhanded plots would exacerbate his creative ability and would just abandon him with second thoughts that may not be reviewed or even amended in his life time. "The gathering wishes to advise him that he who tosses stones into a swarmed business sector ought not overlook that his friends and family could wind up being the casualties of his activity." The battle is still on — Ogah But talking, yesterday, on advancements in the state, Ogah said the battle to confirm him as senator was still on. Ogah said he was cheerful that God would see him through the battle, including this was not an ideal opportunity to talk much.

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