Abia Governorship Tussle: Appeal Court Strikes Out Alex Otti’s Case

Monday, October 12, 2015 2:10 pm

Alex Otti

The five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State capital, this morning unanimously struck out the appeal filed by the Abia State governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr. Alex Otti. It was on the strength of the preliminary objection by counsel to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Mr. Wole Olanipekun and the court further dismissed the entire case on merit having found the appeal unmeritorious.

Governor Ikpeazu

According to Godwin Adindu, Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Otti had approached the Owerri appellate court to challenge the decision of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia which refused him extension of time to present more witnesses.

But, in their ruling this morning, the five-man panel, headed by Justice Jimmy Bada, found all the issues raised in the appeal against the appellant and in favour of the respondents and further described the attitude of Otti’s team of lawyers in handling of the tribunal proceedings as tardy and unserious.

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Didi says:

October 12, 2015 at 5:39 pm

A…Las; we can at least all move forward – let’s sheathe the swords, get together; understand the real socio-economic issues, understand what is required and begin to focus on right first-time deliverables. In every Abian lies the capacity to catapult our dear state to where it should rightly belong: God’s Own State; investment destination of choice for all, the proverbial Japan of Africa