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Rochas: Imo PDP Senatorial Candidate Wants Case Moved To Another Judge

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6 years ago

April 8, 2019

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The Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo West Senatorial election, Jones Onyeriri, is calling for the discontinuation of trial in the suit involving him, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha and six others before Honourable Justice Taiwo Taiwo.

Onyeriri in the motion sworn by his counsel, Chijioke Nzekwe, called on the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to transfer the suit to another Judge.

Nzekwe noted that his client has lost confidence in the ability of the justice Taiwo to deliver justice in the matter.

Recall that Governor Okorocha, following the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission to present him the Certificate of Return, approached the Federal High Court for redress.

Other in the suit filed include, INEC, Senator Osita Izunaso, the APGA candidate, Nwachukwu Clement Ibeh Onyeoma and Precious Nwadike.

The returning officer who declared Okorocha as the winner, prof. Innocent Ibeawuchi had stated that he did under duress.

“I declared this thing before under duress; I’m still under duress declaring this one,” Professor Innocent said.

The suit was brought before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria on April, 5th.

The PDP candidate who had called for a transfer of the suit alleged that during the processing the judge made utterances which clearly showed that he had taken sides in the matter.

According to him, in spite of the notices of preliminary objection raised by him and the 3rd defendant challenging the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court to hear this matter, the applications are yet to be taken by the court.

“It was evidently clear to all and sundry that His Lordship had made up his mind on what to do about this matter and taken a position on the applications challenging his jurisdiction to hear the case before commencing hearing on the said applications,”.

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Akpabio Relieves Natasha of Committee Chairmanship Position, Appoints Akwa Ibom Senator As Replacement

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2 days ago

July 10, 2025

Eric

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has replaced suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora/Non-Governmental Organisations.

In her place, Akpabio named Senator Bassey Aniekun Etim (Akwa Ibom -East).

The Senate President, who made the announcement on the floor in Abuja on Thursday, did not give any reasons.

The committee position had remained vacant since March when the Senate suspended the Kogi-Central Senatorial District lawmaker for six months for flouting the Senate’s rule on the seating arrangement and seat allocation.

The suspended lawmaker, at a point, chaired the Senate Committee on Local Content before Akpabio reassigned her to the Committee on Diaspora/NGO, shortly before she ran into trouble with the Senate over her conduct on seat allocation.

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Supreme Court Upholds Election of Monday Okpebholo As Edo Governor

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2 days ago

July 10, 2025

Eric

The Supreme Court has affirmed the 2024 governorship election victory of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), dismissing the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asuerinme Ighodalo.

In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Mohammed Garba, the apex court ruled that the appeal lacked merit. It upheld the earlier judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had both declared Okpebholo the validly elected governor.

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‘Overthrow’ Comment: Tinubu’ll Be Removed by Votes, Not Bullets, ADC Replies Presidency

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2 days ago

July 10, 2025

Eric

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Wednesday, said President Bola Tinubu will be removed through the ballot and not bullets.It dismissed insinuations that the coalition is interested in truncating democracy in Nigeria.

ADC’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused Tinubu of laying the foundation for a clampdown on opposition leaders.

He made the remark in response to a tweet by Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, who alleged that the opposition was planning to overthrow the President.

Onanuga had said the coalition had ganged up to overthrow Tinubu’s administration.Rubbishing Onanuga’s comment, Abdullahi described his remark as reckless and unsubstantiated.

In a statement he signed, Abdullahi said Onanuga’s comment shows that Tinubu’s administration is out to intimidate and repress opposition political leaders in Nigeria.

He noted that ADC would explore Democratic means to ensure Tinubu’s removal from office and not by overthrowing him.

The statement read partly: “ADC condemned the tweet made by an aide of President Bola Tinubu, Onanuga, which alleges that the opposition is planning to overthrow the Tinubu government before 2027.

“If anything, it potentially lays the grounds for systematic clampdown on opposition leaders.

“The ADC is not interested in truncating democracy, we are solely committed to saving the nation from the irredeemable incompetence of this government. We are not soldiers, we are politicians.

“We don’t have bullets; we only have the ballots. When the time comes, we will only present our solutions and an alternative vision of the future to the Nigerian people and leave them to make their choice.”