Lagos based lawyer, Festus Keyamo, has said the continuous stay in office of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State despite being sacked by a Federal High Court in Abuja was an aberration.
Keyamo said Ikpeazu ceased to be governor the day Justice Okon Abang delivered the judgment sacking him from office.
In a press statement yesterday, the Lagos-based lawyer said as against the insinuation that the benefactor of the judgment, Dr. Sampson Ogah, challenged the governor for submitting forged document to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the real content of the case was that Ikpeazu lied under oath.
He said the provision of Section 143(1) of the Electoral Act, Part VIII which gives Ikpeazu or any other office holder for that matter 21 days within which to file an appeal against an adverse judgment and to remain in office until the appeal is determined applies only to post-election matters before election tribunals or the Court of Appeal and not pre-election matters as in this case.
(Culled from Thisday)
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