Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has warned Governor Hope Uzodimma and his aides to cease attacking the judiciary following a Federal High Court judgment affirming his declare to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Imo West Senatorial District within the 2027 elections. Okorocha suggested the governor to pursue……
Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has warned Governor Hope Uzodimma and his aides to cease attacking the judiciary following a Federal High Court judgment affirming his declare to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Imo West Senatorial District within the 2027 elections.
Okorocha suggested the governor to pursue the obtainable authorized choices, together with an enchantment to the Supreme Court, fairly than make disparaging remarks concerning the decide who delivered the judgment.
He spoke on Tuesday on the Federal High Court in Abuja, the place he mentioned he had visited the courtroom registry to signal paperwork relating to Uzodimma’s enchantment in opposition to the October 29 judgment delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu.
The judgment upheld Okorocha’s declare to the APC ticket for Imo West.
Reacting to reported feedback by the governor’s aides and an APC nationwide vice chairman, who allegedly described the judgment as garbage and accused the decide of compromising his place, Okorocha condemned what he described as an try to intimidate the judiciary.
He mentioned: “I listened to that information yesterday and it was so horrible, so horrible, that Governor Hope’s aide, within the identify of his Deputy Chief of Staff, and the National Vice Chairman of APC, might berate a decide, insult a decide.
“To use his words, he said that the judgment was rubbish, procured, and that the judge should go and look at himself in the mirror. I think that is terrible.”
The former governor accused Uzodimma of making use of double requirements in his angle in the direction of courtroom selections, arguing that judgments must be revered no matter whose pursuits they favour.
He urged the governor to warning his aides and supporters in opposition to making statements that would undermine public confidence within the judiciary.
“Can’t he wait patiently again to try and get the appeal through? At least the Supreme Court is there,” Okorocha requested.
He additionally questioned the idea of the criticism of the judgment, citing alleged discrepancies within the dates and procedures surrounding the APC main election.
Okorocha maintained that paperwork licensed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contained inconsistencies which, in his view, supported the courtroom’s resolution.
He additional challenged Uzodimma to publicly contest his claims fairly than permit aides to converse on his behalf.
“If you think any of the things I am saying is not true and that the judgment is not true, Hope should come to television or come and speak,” he mentioned.
“Why is he hiding and using attack dogs here and there to attack judges? That is very bad.”
Okorocha additionally accused the governor of allegedly presenting solid paperwork through the proceedings, insisting that the proof earlier than the courtroom left little room for a unique resolution.
He, nonetheless, expressed confidence within the judiciary, saying: “I salute the Nigerian Judiciary, honestly. To whatever you might say, they’re still very good. And I believe that the right thing should be done.”
On experiences that he had been arrested, Okorocha dismissed the claims, insisting that no arrest had taken place.
He alleged that Uzodimma had obtained an arrest warrant by means of fraudulent means, claiming that the courtroom subsequently put aside the order by itself initiative after discovering irregularities.
The former governor warned media organisations in opposition to publishing unverified experiences, saying they may face authorized motion in the event that they failed to set up the information.
The dispute over the APC ticket for Imo West stays topic to the continuing enchantment course of initiated by Uzodimma.
