THE Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, in Ebonyi State, Stanley Okoro-Emegha, has commended the judiciary for quashing the suit challenging the defection of Governor David Umahi from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC.
The suit had sought to compel Umahi to vacate office alongside his deputy, Kelechi Igwe but a High Court in Abakaliki on Monday dismissed it.
The party chieftain, in Abakaliki, added that the judgment was anticipated because the provisions of the constitution on the matter were crystal clear.
He said Ebonyi people were satisfied with Umahi’s infrastructural projects in the state.
He said, “In all honesty, for the right-thinking citizens like us who participated in the last general election, especially from Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of the state where coincidentally I and the plaintiff, Chief Sunny Ogbuorji hail from; we all knew that the electorate voted massively for Governor David Umahi because of his achievements in his first tenure.
“The suit was frivolous and exercise in futility. The court action never in any way distracted the Governor from focusing on delivering good governance to the people of the state and the determination of the present administration towards the development of the state.
“The verdict has reaffirmed the saying that the judiciary is truly the last hope of the common man. It has also given more strength and hopes to the Nigerian people that the judiciary is still very strong and unbiased.”
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