SAN FRANCISCO, July 04, (THEWILL) – Justice Okon Abang of the Federal high court, Abuja, has declared that he will not set aside his previous order removing Okezie Ikpeazu as Governor of Abia state.
Ikpeazu, through his counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), had filed an application asking the court to vacate the order it gave against him on June 27.
However, Abang, in his ruling on Monday, declared that the order removing Ikpeazu as Governor stands adding that he would only hear other applications on the matter on Thursday.
Abang, in a suit filed by Uche Ogah, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, against Ikpeazu, had ruled that Ikpeazu was not qualified to hold office as Abia governor because he had filed a fake tax clearance before his election in 2015.
He then ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a certificate of return to Ogah, who was first runner-up in the PDP Abia governorship primary election, as Governor of the state.
