Justice Okon Abang had on Thursday recognised Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the party
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Justice Okon Abang declared Sheriff the PDP National Chairman based on a motion before him by Sheriff and other members of the National working Committee of the party, which had been pronounced dissolved at the National Convention of the party in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
The news had filtered out that Uzokwe had gone into hiding last week in order to avoid swearing-in Samson Uchechukwu Ogah as the Governor of Abia State
Justice Abang had on Monday ruled that Ikpeazu should vacate his seat immediately for Samson Ogah against whom he stood for the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party in December 2014
The court order was based on the allegation that Ikpeazu submitted false information to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the party’s governorship primaries in December 2014
Abba Dabo, while being led in evidence by counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Sylvanus Tahir, told the court that he was paid N25 million through the second defendant’s company account, Destra Investment Limited, on December 16, 2015
The applicant, Wabara, an associate editor with The Sun Newspaper, alongside his colleague, Chuks Onuoha, had filed the suit against the police over the violation of his fundamental human rights as enshrined in the constitution
Justice Okon Abang struck out the suit on the grounds that the applicant lacked the locus standi to institute the action
A Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, had filed a suit in August challenging the legality of Nyako’s impeachment on July 15
Abiola, one of the wives of the late Chief MKO Abiola, and the others were charged with financial misappropriation