Umahi’s Defection: PDP’s Attack On Court Judgement Act Of Frustration — Commissioner

Ebonyi State Commissioner for information, Orji Uchenna Orji has dismissed the recent attack by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the Court judgment in favour of Governor David Umahi as an act of frustration.

Senator Sonny Ogbuoji, the APC Candidate in the 2019 guber election in Ebonyi had gone to court to be sworn in as Governor following Governor Umahi’s defection from the PDP.

Reacting to a press release by the Ebonyi PDP Chairman, Tochukwu Okorie, the Commissioner described his stand on the Court Judgment as “expressions of frustration and confusion.

He said, “We would not have joined issues with a man who is neither politically nor legally rooted and a man notorious for faking titles in order to deceive the gullible about his personality, but for the need to put the records straight for the public pleasure. 

“We discountenance with utmost responsibility, the press release of Mr. Tochukwu Okorie as absolutely irresponsible, without foundation and mischievously woven to attack the credibility of a robustly contested and well decided matter instituted by legally recognized entities and personalities who are invested with unfettered right under the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) to sue and be sued; 

"We view the press release as a substanceless piece calculated to sully the hard earned reputation of the Judge of the State High Court that heard and judicially and judiciously disposed of a matter properly brought before him, and that of the lawyers for both parties who diligently discharged their constitutional duties of legal representation.

"It will be noted that the Judge never acted utra vires and that his court never acted outside the jurisdiction conferred to it by the grundnorm itself. Incidentally it has coordinate jurisdiction with the Federal High Court on this matter So, Tochukwu Okorie must know that his disparaging press release is politics taken too far and it goes with legal consequences.