WHY IS UCHE OGAH DESPERATE?

The Peoples' Democratic Party in Abia State is astonished at the extent of dangerous desperation Mr Uche Ogah is inordinately manifesting in his bid to unseat and usurp the governorship position of the State that is being constitutionally and effectively occupied by Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, Ph.D.
The Party is disillusioned by the rumour making the rounds that Mr Uche Ogah has illegally arranged to 'import' a judge to swear him in clandestinely as a another governor of Abia State.
The Party, being a creation of statute, believes in the efficacy of the Judiciary to resolve the so-called issue raised by Ogah in his determination to be governor at all cost and so expects that Ogah should allow justice take its full course.
The pendency of this case in the Court of Appeal should have made Ogah to jettison the desperation in him to allow the Court resolve the issue at stake.
Again, that the Attorney-General of the Federatio, Mr Abubarkar Malami, has publicly asked the parties to observe statusquo pending exhaustive determination of the case judicially, Ogah should know that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu remains the Governor except the Supreme Court rules otherwise.
The Party is concerned that with the desperation being exhibited by Mr Ogah, he could ignite a breakdown of law, order and bring about wanton destruction of lives and property in the State.
The Party would also want to know if Mr Ogah does not know or has forgotten that founding fathers of Abia State drafted and adopted Abia Charter of Equity that implies that power, among other things, shall be equitably distributed in the State.
The PDP in Abia State calls on Mr Ogah to divorce himself of his desperation and allow the rule of law to take its normal and proper course.
Don Ubani, KSC, JP
Okwubunka of Asa
State Pub-Sec
PDP, Abia State.

Uche Ogar's invalid CoR: You can't build something on nothing

Ikpeazu

Ogah

Uche Ogar's invalid CoR: You can't build something on nothing

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you this day, two documents. Judge for yourself which of them is real and fake. Compare and contrast the Valid and invalid. Original and forged.

Before you do that, permit me to give you the background of how it all started.

There was a governorship election in Abia State on April 11th, 2015. That election was declared inconclusive by INEC on the grounds of irregularities in some local government areas in the state. That election failed to produce a clear winner despite that Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of the PDP was already cruising home with a wide margin of votes against Dr Alex Otti of APGA.

INEC called for a supplementary election in the affected LGAs on April 25th, 2015. After the election of April 25th, a winner in the person of Dr Ikpeazu of PDP emerged as Governor-elect for Abia State, and he was issued with a certificate of return, bearing the two dates (April 11and 25) that elections held.

Uche Ogar did not contest any of the elections. He could not have because, as a matter of fact, his name was never submitted to INEC as a candidate by any political party.

As far as the 2015 Abia Governorship elections are concerned, Mr. Uche Ogar, is and remains an interloper. He is not known by moral and electoral law in the governorship election. This is another reason he is invalid and will continue to possess an invalid document.

The election that produced the Governor of Abia State in 2015 is the April 25th election, and not the inconclusive April 11th election. If Ogar had contested the election, he would have known this fact. He would have also realized that the document issued to him by some agents of INEC is invalid. But as someone on the fast-lane, he lost his sense of reasoning.

You can now understand why the failed civilian coup was plotted. You can also understand the rush by Ogar and his cohorts to invade the government house. But the coup failed. This conspiracy and evil plot has failed.

Thank you.

Enyinnaya Appolos
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ikpeazu

Fake or falsified certificate of return with Uche Ogah?

*Did Uche Ogah forge COR or gave false information?
I read the following lines from a publication on the purported
explanation of the registrar of the federal high court circulated by Uche
Ogah's surrogates.
"Registrar said the case before Justice Abang had a different subject-
matter, that Ikpeazu submitted form CF001 to INEC which were alleged
to contain false information.
“The court held that the information in Form CF001 as shown by him
(Ikpeazu) in the affidavit accompanied with other documents to INEC
are false and has nothing to do with forgery.
“The, court, therefore made consequential orders under the doctrine of
‘lis pendens,’ which disallows any transfer of rights or interest in any
subject matter that is being litigated upon during the pendency of
litigation in respect of the said subject-matter."
As a non lawyer I find that interesting. Much more than I find the
novelty of the explanation by the registrar.
Here is why.
Sampson Ogah filed his pre-election matter about 2 weeks before the
governorship polls in April 2015. Precisely 26th of March 2015. That
ordinarily makes it a pre-election matter and clearly filed when he
realized Dr Ikpeazu was headed to victory.
We need to note that PDP primaries held on the 8th of December 2014.
Dr Okezie Ikpeazu submitted his form CF 001 to INEC after the
primaries. Specifically on the 23rd of December 2015.
NOTE: the information deemed false by Justice Abang were details lifted
directly from the tax certificate confirmed by the court as truly issued
by BIR:
“The court further held that by the affidavit of the Abia State Director
of Taxes testifying that the documents are genuine, the court held that
there was presumption of genuineness of the assessment and the
certificate and/or receipts issued to Ikpeazu."-Registrar
What does the above mean?
It simply mean that he entered information presumed to be genuine by
all legal standards to INEC form CF001.
Just like if I have to fill an employment form under oath I will fill that
I have second class upper degree issued to me by a university. It doesn't
matter if later the university says they miscalculated my GPA and so it
should have been 1st class or 2nd class lower. As long as the university
admitted issuing the degree certificate to me the doctrine of
presumption of genuineness favors me and nobody can claim I forged my
degree certificate or entered false information in my employment form.
True or false? Over to lawyers.
But one thing is settled; Governor Okezie Ikpeazu DID NOT forge tax
clearance certificate or tax receipts. The courts have said so, as
confirmed by Ogah's court registrar. Sorry, Registrar of the Federal
High Court of Nigeria.
Let me now make two observations for legal minds to examine.
According to the Registrar, Justice Abang ruled on the basis of
information presented to INEC by Dr Okezie Ikpeazu. In my view, Uche
Ogah is not known to INEC in law as he did not submit anything to INEC
and was not submitted to INEC by any political party. From INEC
position, his legal status is like mine: an unknown quantity without locus
standi to sue INEC on the Abia Governorship election.
Uche can only make claims related to the primaries he claimed he
participated in, not with regards to whatever is submitted to INEC.
My question: can I also go and sue as a member of PDP in Abia and
Abang will issue me a certificate of return as the governor of Abia
State? After all as a registered PDP member some other members that
attended the convention may have wanted to make me the candidate of
the party.
Secondly, INEC issued attached certificate of return to Uche Ogah and
stated that he won the election of April 11th 2015. Unfortunately the
election held by same INEC in Abia on April 11th 2015 was inconclusive
and returned no dully elected Governor. In law, no winner emerged on
that date.
In fact, I wish to unequivocally state that the original and genuine
certificate of return issued to Dr Okezie Ikpeazu by INEC in 2015
specifically stated that he won the elections held on April 11th and 25th
2015.
Is the certificate issued to Ogah a forged or falsified certificate or
should we presume genuineness since it was INEC that purportedly issued
it? If you presume genuineness here then why didn't Abang presume
genuineness in the tax certificate and information entered by Dr Okezie
in form CF 001?
Or should we arrest INEC officials and Uche Ogah for forging certificate
of return? Do not forget that in seeking to be inaugurated as Governor
of Abia State Uche Ogah submitted that patently fake certificate to the
Osisioma High Court and others. Did he or did he not submit false and
fake information?
Can Uche Ogah validly be sworn in on the basis of the Governorship
election of April 11th 2015 that produced no winner? That is assuming
that he wins at the Supreme Court.
The answer is NO. What is with Mr Ogah as "certificate of return" is
either fake or falsified and surely not a legal document that can form a
basis for swearing in because Abia Governorship poll produced no winner
as at April 11th. That was why I called it "tissue paper".
My people, I rest my case. But I must warn INEC officials not to
surreptitiously change the tissue paper they issued Uche Ogah within
hours of a court ruling. That will effectively incriminate them as parties
to a criminal conspiracy. Nigerians are seeing copies of what they issued
on the 30th of June 2016. Members of the media and security agents
should also note these facts.
As the Supreme Court pleases.
JOK

Justice Okon Abang on serious surveillance by the NJC.

Justice Okon Abang

Breaking news...Reports reaching us states that Justice Okon Abang of the Fed High court Abuja has been placed A judiciary source hinted that Justice Abang who is reported to be compromising himself in high profile cases may be suspended and later be sacked if found guilty. Abang our source said was heavily compromised by Uche Ogah which led to the recent judgment he delivered in Favour of the oil marketer who is standing trial at an Ikeja magistrate court over fraud. It was also gathered that the Registrar of the Fed High court who is also part of Abang Ogah deal is also under scrutiny over professional misconduct. It would be recalled that NJC few days ago sacked Justice Yinusa and others over the same bad conduct Abang is facing now.

We're solidly behind you, Abia Assembly tells Ikpeazu

The Abia State House of Assembly has passed a vote of confidence on the state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, following the political impasse in the state and near breakdown of law and order due to political distractions owing to judgment of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja against the Governor.
The House at plenary last Tuesday, passed a vote of implicit confidence on the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, after a motion moved by the member Representing Obingwa West State Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions, Hon. Thomos Nkoro.

He said the motion has become absolutely necessary in view of the political turmoil that has enveloped the state, which has hitherto, thrown the entire Abia in confusion, since the ruling by court of first instance.
Hon. Nkoro frowned at the conflicting reports emanating from the media and the consequent bandwagon effect, saying it has instilled fear in investors and Abians in general and thereby moved a motion of implicit confidence in Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, Ph.D., and the entire Government of Abia and affirming that Abia has only one Government of Abia and affirming that Abia has only one Government.
While making their contributions, members representing Bende North constituency and Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Cosmos Ndukwe; Isiala Ngwa South, Hon. Barr. Chukwendu Kanu; Umuahia East, Hon. Chukwudi Apugo; and Obingwa East, Hon. Solomon Akpulonu enjoined all those involved in the litigation to let go personal interest but consider the overall wellbeing of Abians as this will not only impact negatively on Abians but will also scare investors in the state.
They appealed to the parties to leverage on the governor’s good performance in the last one year to support him with brilliant ideas, while also calling on them to bring their business to the state, with the aim to move it forward.
The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Martins Azubuike, appealed to investors in the state, to carry on with their businesses, reiterating that the House will make sure their businesses are not under any form of threat.
He equally used the medium to appeal to President Mohammed Buhari and the International community to douse the situation, saying that the state will abide by the rulings of the court when all the issues before it are finally concluded.
The House therefore unanimously passed a vote of implicit confidence on the Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, urging him to continue rendering his remarkable and landmark services to Abia People.

Uche Ogah begs petroleum marketers for money

Mr Uche Ogah

Embattled oil marketer, Mr Uche Ogah has ran to the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA), which he is a member, begging them to contribute money for him to prosecute his case against the Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezi Ikpeazu.
A reliable source in the association revealed that Ogah went to the President of DAPPMA, Mr. Dapo Abiodun, begging for financial support of the association, promising to compensate if he eventually succeeds to become governor.
"Uche is a desperate man. And his desperation has cost him a lot. Uche has lost billions within this period. I don't know who is advising him. He is going about begging, ask people to support him. His argument is that he already has a certificate of return issued to him by INEC and that he is waiting for his swearing in.
"He went to our president, I doubt if he got what he wanted. Uche has his hands into too many things. He is owing banks, owing others too. And he has this case against in Lagos where he is being charged for fraud and forgery too."The source said.

Plot to remove me, a coup d'etat, says Ikpeazu

Dr Okezie Ikpeazu

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has described the plot to unseat him as an attempted coup d’etat in a democracy and vowed to fight to protect his mandate.
The Governor was speaking when he received members of the Abia State Executive Council who paid him a solidarity visit, in Government House, Umuahia, over the federal High Court judgment against him.
The Governor wondered how someone who never stood election will seek to become governor through the back door.
"The plot to remove me as governor, was a coup d'etat. I can't imagined that somebody who never contested election, is seeking to be made a governor through the back door. I can't understand the rush by INEC to issue Uche Ogah with a certificate of Return. I also can't comprehend the rush to swear him in.
"Are you telling me that I don't have a right to appeal a judgment against me? Or are you telling me that if it was a death sentence, I should be killed before appealing? The truth is that it goes beyond the issue of tax. I want to appeal to our Igbo brothers to see politics as a game of a winner and a loser. They must should not bring the mercantile business style into politics. It won't help us."
Governor Ikpeazu assured his commissioners that he was not bothered by the judgment as he has absolute confidence in the judiciary to do justice on the matter.
The Governor pointed out that his story as a public servant in the state is well known to Abians and that as a public servant his tax was deducted by the appropriate authorities.
Governor Ikpeazu used the forum to call on business men in politics to jettison the mercantile attitude of business and not see politics a do -or- die game.
Earlier in his speech on behalf of the Executive Council members, the commissioner for Finance, Obinna Oriaku explained that their visit was to show solidarity to the Governor over the current political situation in the state, assuring him that they were together with him in this trial period.
According to him, their various ministries will interpret and carry out the Governor’s dreams and promised that the distractions will not deter them from achieving their goal.