Samson Ogah, who was declared governor of Abia State by a court in June, is heading to the Supreme Court to claim his mandate.
Incumbent governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, had challenged the court ruling, and has refused to step down.
On August 18, the Court of Appeal in Abuja upturned the decision to hand Mr. Ogah the position.
The Appeal Court said Mr. Ikpeazu had not committed any tax offence as the first court ruled.
In its ruling, a five-member panel led by Justice Morenike Ogunwumiju said the June 27 ruling amounted to “raping democracy”.
“After reading through the judgement several times I was amazed at
how the trial judge arrived at his conclusion of perjury against the
appellant when there was no evidence of forgery. To say the least, his
findings are ridiculous,” the court said.
Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday, Mr. Ogah’s lawyer, Alex
Izinyon, said his client had resolved to go to the highest court.
“Yes I will let you have our processes, Monday next week,” Mr.
Izinyon said when asked whether his client would proceed to the Supreme
court.
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