Former Governor of Abia State, who
rigged himself into Senate in Abia Central, Senator Theodore Ahamefula Orji, in
his usual nocturnal activities, visits Justice Ibrahim Auta, OFR (Chief Judge)
Federal High Court in his Abuja resident.
Though the target of the visit is yet to
confirm, but critics are of the belief that the visit is to induce Justice
Auta, in order to favour his surrogate– Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, in his ongoing
tax fraud trial.
The critics are of this view, because
the visit comes in a very susceptible time, when Senator Orji’ godson -Gov.
Okezie Ikpeazu, has scores to settle at the federal high court, and secondly
T.A.Orji is rumoured to be good at bribing Judges.
One of the critics who comments on the
condition of anonymity asks “why should Ochendo visits the Hon. Justice, if not
to give him bribe as usual, he would not like the mountain of stealing done
under him to expose, so he might be willing to spend his last kobo to secure
Gov. Ikpeazu for his selfish reasons. Barr. Friday Nwosu and Dr. Uchechukwu
Ogah should be mindful of Senator T.A.Orji’s romance with Hon Justice Auta”
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu has a losable tax
fraud case at the federal high court, which was petitioned by Barr. Friday
Nwosu and Dr.Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, both from PDP, asking the court to
nullify Dr.Ikpeazu candidature over the tax fraud.
The case has been tried before, and it
was quashed by the Judge handling it, stating that tax fraud cannot be basis of
nullifying a candidate in an election, but when the same matter was appealed at
the Supreme Court, it was ordered to be retried speedily.
The crux of the matter started during
PDP Primaries, when Dr. Ikpeazu presented a fake tax certificate, which was
dated to have been paid on Saturday, when tax offices were closed. Though it
was exposed, but he denied it, claiming that it was a mistake of identity, but
the petitioners maintain their stands, asking the court to nullify him.
It is observable that the former
governor, who is being accused looting the treasury of Abia State to empty for
8 year (2007-2015), planted Gov.Ikpeazu as his puppet, is not only interested
in Gov. Ikpeazu tax fraud, but also more interested in covering his thievery in
Abia State.
There have been many petitions against
Senator T.A. Orji, asking EFCC to investigate the deals of the former governor,
but he is doing everything to secure Gov. Ikpeazu’s future, which will not
support him to be tried.
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