The commission issued the certificate to Ogah as the newly elected governor of Abia State.
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A five-member panel of judges, led by Morenike Ogunwumiju, said the parties in the matter must “remain as they were” before the case got to the court.
But the judge, Mrs. Ogunwumiju, said the court considered it important to avoid a misinterpretation of its ruling. The appeal was fixed for hearing, after the counsels to Ikpeazu and the PDP, Wole Olanipekun, Kanu Agabi, Ademoyega Awomolo, and Onyechi Ikpeazu, all Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), on June 28 filed the notice of appeal.
But objecting to the court’s decision on “staying as you were”, counsel to Uche Ogah said ge feared that the court’s decision would be misinterpreted as a stay of execution of a Federal High Court order.
Dr Alex Otti, the candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA in 2015 gubernatorial election on Tuesday applied to join the appeal filed by Governor Ikpeazu against the court order removing him from office. Ogunwuniju ordered that the applicant within three days from Wednesday, July 27, file its order.
Abuja – The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned till August 9, hearing of the appeal filed by Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, challenging his removal from office by a Federal High Court, Abuja.
TheJudge had ordered INEC to issue a certificate of return to Chief Uche Ogah who came second in the PDP primaries held in December, 2014 to select a governorship candidate for the party.
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But Ikpeazu in a move to stall Justice Abang order filed an appeal for a stay of execution of the Federal High Court’s order.
