The Court of Appeal, Abuja division yesterday reserved judgments in six appeals filed against two judgments of the Federal High Court, Abuja sacking Governor Victor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja in his June 27 judgment on suits filed by Samson Ogah and Obasi Ekeagbala, voided Ikpeazu’s election because he made false claims in his tax information submitted to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) preparatory to its December 8, 2014 primary.
The appellate court reserved judgments after the parties made their final submissions and adopted their briefs of argument.
The appeals included three filed by Ikpeazu marked: CA/A/390/2016, CA/A/ 390D and CA/A/406/2016
There were two appeals by the PDP marked; CA/A/390A and CA/A/406A and the one marked: CA/A/390B by Friday Nwosu, a PDP governorship aspirant, who came fifth in the primary. His suit against Ikpeazu was dismissed by the Federal High Court in Umuahia for failure to prove the allegation of forgery on which he premised his case.
Ikpeazu, represented by a team of 37 lawyers including eight Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), led by Chief Wole Olanipekun faulted Justice Abang’s judgments. He urged the court to allow his appeals and set aside the judgments.