Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State
Following an Abuja Federal High Court ruling sacking the embattled governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, the governor has cried out for help stating that the court denied him his fundamental human right.
It would be recalled that last week the Federal High Court ousted
the embattled governor for failing to submit proper tax certificate to
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during its 2014 governorship
primaries.
The ruling was delivered by Justice Okon Abang who ordered the
Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue the second placed
aspirant in the primaries, Uche Ogah with the certificate of return with
immediate effect.
After appealing the case, by filing a suit for stay of execution
before the same court which was adjourned till Wednesday for ruling,
Ikpeazu has described the action of the cause as a denial of his
fundamental right.
While speaking to a group under the aegis of “Team of Concerned Lawyers,”
the embattled governor likened the alleged denial of his right to
someone being killed without being given the benefit to appeal.
Ikpeazu said, “The Abuja High Court ruling denied me of the right to exercise my fundamental human right, which is the right of appeal.
“So, if it was a case of execution, I would have been killed
without being given time to exercise my right of appeal before a court
of competent jurisdiction, which is against the laws of fundamental
human rights.”
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