March 09, (THEWILL) – The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Smibard Chidi Ogbuatu has boasted that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) cannot occupy the Ebonyi state government house at Centinary City, Abakaliki.
Hon. Ogbuatu, who was reacting to the alleged submission of Umahi’s successors by the PDP to INEC in Abuja, maintained in an interview in Abakaliki that no matter the back door approach, PDP can never smell government house, Ebonyi state.
He accused PDP of abusing court processes just to get a judgement whereas a court of same power had earlier passed/delivered judgement on same matter and that their plot can never work.
He said, “A Federal High Court in Ebonyi state which is of same and equal jurisdiction had on Monday 28th, February passed a judgement sacking the application for the sack of on the basis of lacking merit and furtherance argued that there is no provision in the constitution that provides for defection as one of the grounds for the vacation or removal of a person as governor or as deputy governor.
“The court cited certain judicial pronouncements on similar matters especially at Appellant Courts, leading to his victory in the Abakaliki Division of High Court on Monday 28th February, 2022.
“If not the purpose of distraction, has PDP got any other thing to gain? Absolutely NO.
Instead of wailing, they should go and appeal the earlier judgement as delivered on 28th February, 2022 by Justice Henry Njoku of Abakaliki Federal High Court.
“It is no doubt that the rising profile of His Excellency, Engr Chief David Nweze Umahi Fnse, fnate is intimidating the PDP Ebonyi State, APC is Ebonyi and Ebonyi State is APC and as such we refuse to be distracted.
“I call on all members and supporters of All Progressives Congress APC, Ebonyi State to go about their normal business unperturbed as this distraction called Abuja Judgement cannot see the light of the day thus it is an abuse of court process,” Ogbuatu said.
It would be recalled that the People’s Democratic Party had informed the Independent National Electoral Commission to declare its candidates, Idu Igariwe as the new governor of Ebonyi state and Fred Udogwu as his deputy.
The party made the submission at a press conference on Tuesday evening, following the judgement by a Federal High Court in Abuja which sacked Governor of Ebonyi state, Dave Umahi, and his Deputy Dr Eric Igwe for defecting from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress
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