The judge agreed with counsel to the plaintiff, Okoro Nkemakolam that the PDP primaries in Ebonyi State was conducted in flagrant disobedience to the order of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, declaring Joseph Sila Onu as the Ebonyi State Chairman of the party.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court had in a judgment delivered on April 13, 2022, recognised Onu as the authentic chairman of the Ebonyi State chapter of the PDP.
Dissatisfied with the decision, Okorie through his counsel, Nkemakolam Okoro approached the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of the lower court.
The appellant followed it up with a motion for stay of execution of the judgment of the Federal High Court which was granted by the appellate court.
Reacting, Onu reinterated that the party’s governorship ticket remained resolved and settled in favour of Dr. Ifeanyi Odii.
He dismissed the judgement, and described it as not enforceable saying the Supreme Court had ruled on the matter in favour of Odii and that no other court in the country could revisit the matter in any form.
“In the category of useless judgments, this one ranks the highest. It is a repetition of what the Court of Appeal unlawfully granted them. Invalidating the actions of a state party chairman does not touch on the conduct of primary election as that is solely the prerogative of the National Executive Committee, not state chairman. So, ignore those celebrating what they do not understand. On Ebonyi State PDP primary election, the Supreme Court has closed that chapter for good – no lower or other court can do otherwise,” he said.
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