Similarly, the court declined to grant the prayer, asking INEC from recognising Atiku Abubakar as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential candidate for the next year’s poll.
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Justice Uche Agomoh jailed him on Thursday based on evidence tendered by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Eke, a U.S.-based Chartered Accountant, urged the court to stop two chieftains of the party, Chief Ikechi Emenike and Uche Ogah, from parading themselves as the APC governorship candidates for the 2023 general elections in Abia.
This was contained in a statement by Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher, Assistant Director on Information of the FHC.
Ogidi, a Bayelsa State-based publisher of an online new media, Tracknews, is facing a two count charge of cyberstalking.
The court gave the ruling on Friday as preparations for the convention, scheduled for June 6 to 8, 2022, continued.
They were charged with 100 counts bordering on forgery and using other people’s names to get recruited into the Force.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered Okorocha, through his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, to put the anti-graft agency on notice.
The Court of Appeal had in its judgment, held that under Section 158 of the Constitution, it is only the National Judicial Council (NJC) that has the power to deal with allegations of misconduct against a serving judge, and that such, a judge could only be tried in the regular court after the recommendation of the NJC.
Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order whole delivering judgment in a suit instituted by 581 delegates elected on April 30.
Friday Iwok and 31 others told Justice Obiora Egwuatu that his order made on May 18 was disregarded by the party.
Recall that loyalists of Ekweremadu, the foThis was revealed by Charles Asogwa, Director-General of the The Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, on Tuesday.rmer Deputy Senate President, had faulted the Wards Delegates by the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
While delivering judgment Friday, Justice Babs Kuewumi discharged the defendant on count one, but found him guilty on count two.
He was charged on four counts of unlawful importation, possession, sale and distribution of fake Amanta Forte, an unregistered drug.
The development occurred shortly after the matter was called for mention at a Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu.
Justice Donatus Okorowo gave the order Tuesday while ruling on an application for abridgment of time argued by Paul Erokoro (SAN) on behalf of the plaintiff, Cosmos Ndukwe.
Justice Peter Lifu fixed the date following their arraignment on April 29 by the Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel for the AGF, Pius Akutah, applied for more time to enable parties respond to processes served on each other by Mahmud Magaji (SAN), lawyer to Kyari.
Chikwendu, alongside others, will be re-arraigned by the police authorities before Justice Inyang Ekwo on 14-count charge.
A five-member panel of the court, held in a judgment on Tuesday, that the APC breached its guidelines for the conduct of primaries and thus, failed to conduct valid primary from which Uba emerged as the party’s candidate in the Anambra governorship election.