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| Ikpeazu MUST play the Biafran Card now before Buhari sets Abia on Fire!!! |
For some reason it is obvious that the Hausa-Fulani Oligarchy wants to set Abia State on fire. It has been reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued has a Certificate of Return to Mr Uche Ogah who came second at the last Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries in Abia State. INEC stated that it issued the certificate following a recent court ruling. Ikpeazu had already gone to the appeal court to challenge the lower court ruling and a motion of stay of order has already been issued.
However, The Biafran has learnt that INEC's move was a gimmick by the Hausa Fulani Oligarchy to set Abia State on fire with two governors at the same time. The fact that Ikpeazu's appeal is still pending implies that INEC ought to have waited till the appeal is heard.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on his part on Thursday, urged the people of the state to remain calm and law abiding following the issuance of Certificate of Return to Mr. Uche Ogah by INEC, as governor of the state.
Ikpeazu, in a statement said he remained the state’s governor: “I have received with concern, report of the purported issuance of Certificate of Return to Mr. Uche Ogah by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as governor of Abia State, despite dependency of a notice of appeal and motion for stay of the orders made by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
“Our laws are clear on this matter. No one may be issued with a certificate of return let alone be sworn in as governor, when there is a subsisting appeal and application for stay. “I want to appeal to Abians to remain calm and law abiding in the face of this provocation, unless and until the appellate courts have conclusively resolve the appeal, the status remains, I am still the Governor of Abia State.”
It is clear that General Muhammadu Buhari who is controlling INEC are not out to respect court orders as usual. Ikpeazu has just one card to play to save his seat. That card is Biafra. Ikpeazu must support Biafra now or he perishes in ignominy.
INEC official Nwuruku statement:
“The situation is that we are simply obeying the court order. The court said with immediate effect without wasting of time, we should issue him Certificate of Return and that is what we have done – to obey the court order. If the court tomorrow issues another order, we would obey the same. By the grace of God, I am the INEC Commissioner in charge of South East. I’ll do the same thing if the court orders us to do so.
"If court says we should issue the same certificate to another person. In this case, court ordered us to issue a Certificate of Return to the person who won the election and that is Uche Ogah. I was the person who gave the Certificate of Return to Gov. Ikpeazu as he was declared winner. Now, the court has said otherwise. One thing we know is that we are not above the law and we cannot disobey the laws of the land. After the court, another person we obey in our land is God and my conscience is my God. Another thing that guides us is the court and we must obey its order with immediate effect. If you were in the court that day, and I urge you the media, to go and study the court ruling very well, it was wonderful; it was direct”, he said. Speaking in the same vein, INEC’s Director of Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzi, had earlier stated that the decision followed an order by an Abuja Federal High Court directing INEC to immediately issue Certificate of Return to Mr. Ogah. Justice Okon Abang of the court had Monday asked INEC to issue the Certificate of Return issued to Mr Ogah. Justice Abang, had ruled that on the account of fake tax returns during the primaries, Mr Ikpeazu, ab initio was never qualified to run in the PDP primaries as a governorship candidate. He consequently ordered the Chief Judge of the state to swear in Uche Ogah as the substantive Governor of Abia State.
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