Ignore the lies that I was sacked by a court of law

The Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Chioma Otti has urged Abians and his teeming supporters “to ignore the lies being spread in some quarters that he has been sacked by a court of law”, explained that “the Federal High Court in Kano did not issues any order on Abia Labour Party candidates nor the Governor -elect, Dr Alex Otti because unlike those who brought the suit to steal the Abia peoples’mandate,the court was conscious of its powers and careful not to fall into the booby trap set for it by the PDP and Abia state government”. CHAMPION NEWSPAPER reports.Information Guide Nigeria

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma said, ”To that effect, the court specifically stated in Clause 9 of the judgement “The candidates that participated in the election in Abia state are not parties before this court and as such the court lacks the jurisdiction to make an order for issuance of certificate of Return to them.

“The Federal High Court in Abia had entertained similar cases as pre-election matters involving some PDP candidates vs LP candidates, and the matters were adjudicated up to the Supreme Court. In all the cases, Labour Party won at the Federal High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court respectively.

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“The case brought by the petitioners is a pre-election matter and under section 285(14)(a) of the Electoral Act, the petitioners have no locus standi as they were not aspirants in LP.JAMB Portal

“Section 285(9), requires that it must be filled within 14 days of the occurrence of the event.In other words,the suit should have been filled before the end of June last year. On the contrary, this suit was filed on May 11,2023 and a week later, the very “efficient” Judge delivered judgement.

“Like earlier stated,the FHC in Kano does not have jurisdiction over Abia State, therefore it is impossible for any decision emanating from the court to have effect on Dr Alex Otti who was not a party to the suit in Kano.

It therefore exposes PDP’s gullibility to have expected the court to make an order against Dr Otti, an action that would have incurred the wrath of the NJC.

“For purposes of further elucidation, Dr Alex Otti became the Governorship Candidate of Labour Party on 09 June 2022, then any pre-election litigation questioning his candidacy must have been commenced not later than 14 days from 09 June, 2022 meaning the case must be filled not later than 23 June, 2022.

“Any case filed not later than 23 June, 2022 must be determined not later than 180 days from the date of filling. Again, assuming it was filled on 23 June of 2022, the 180 -day time line terminated on 20 December, 2022”

He assured Abians in particular and Nigerians in general that the mandate given to Alex Otti by Abia masses is safe and secure and can never be stolen, adding that in the next few days,Dr Alex Otti will be sworn in as Governor to enable him commence the process of rebuilding and recovering the State while enjoining Abians to ignore the fake report.NYSC Portal

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