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| Ifeanyi Isikaku. |
Mr. Ifeanyi Isikaku, the Chairman of Isialangwa Local Government
Area in Abia State, has been removed from office.
The Chairmanship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, the
Abia State capital, on Friday, annulled the election of Chief Ifeanyi Isikaku, with
a petition brought before it by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA), Chief Christian Okeri, who alleged that Isikaku (PDP) did not
pay his tax as required by law.
The
Chairman of the tribunal, Justice O. O. Agbala, ruled that the petitioner
proved his case beyond reasonable doubt, saying that Isikaku failed to provide
evidence of his tax payment for three years as stipulated by law and therefore,
nullified his election, ordering a fresh election and excluded the PDP from
fielding any candidate in the election.
The state chairman of APGA, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, hailed the
judgment, saying that “it has helped to restore the battered image of the
judiciary in Abia”, saying that the tribunal “should have declared the
petitioner the winner and ordered his immediate inauguration since it
disqualified his only opponent in the election.
He congratulated Okeri “for his steadfastness and resilience,
even in the face of intimidation and attempts to compromise him and make him
withdraw his petition.”
In a swift reaction, the candidate of the PDP, Ifeanyi Isikaku
said he would appeal at a higher court and urged his supporters to remain calm
and law abiding.
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