By Favour Goodness
The supporters of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo should stop jubilating over the Kano Court of Appeal judgement that favored him, as the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Nov. 6th governorship election in the state.
Loading ...The Director of Media, Chukwuma Umeoji Campaign Organisation, Comrade Uloka Chukwubuikem made this disclosure on Sunday in Awka.
He said the fact remained that Soludo is not yet the candidate of APGA and can never be, adding that “he is rather celebrating nothingness and it won’t be too long before the law catches up with his camp.”
He was reacting to the pleas by Sen. Victor Umeh, asking Hon. Umeorji, who also represents Aguata Federal Constituency, to forgive and forget whatever ill that was done to him in the past to save APGA.
According to him, the former National Chairman of APGA and the Chairman of the Peace/Reconciliation Committee has called on Umeoji, whom they believed have lost the ticket of the party following the latest judgment of the Kano Appeal Court that set aside the judgement of Musa Ubale of Birinin Kudu High Court in Jigawa State, which earlier mandated INEC to deal with Chief Jude Okeke and Umeoji alone as National Chairman and governorship Candidate respectively.
“Umeh had reacted to the news of the Court of Appeal Kano decision pleaded that Umeoji should accept the decision of the Appellate court and return home to APGA with his esteem supporters, for the party to win the November guber poll.
“He pleaded extensively and asked the Federal Lawmaker to forgive and forget whatever ill that was done to him in the past to save APGA. ”
Uloka described the plea as an emotional blackmail which was not going to stand, noting that the judgement of the Kano Appeal Court was a miscarriage of justice.
He said the camp of Umeoji already filed an appeal to further challenge the decision at the Apex Court and that the late hour crocodile tears of a divisive actor in the APGA party cannot stop the move to restore the mandate given to Umeoji by the entire members of APGA.
He advised Umeh to reserve his pleas and counsel for Gov. Willie Obiano, Victor Oye and Soludo, and that the camp of Umeoji are hopeful of a favourable outcome at the Apex court as their lawyers have vowed not to leave any stone unturned in their quest to restore hope to the party through the courtrooms as it is a constitutional right.
“Umeh has confirmed that what they got from Kano Court of Appeal is miscarriage of Justice which won’t stand the test of time and more marathon legal actions.
“Rather a pyrrhic victory and temporal set back for APGA and Umeoji; the law court is the last hope of the common man and it is our right to challenge the matter to the Apex court which we believe would correct the anomalies done by the Appeal Court in Kano.
“Umeh should be told in plain language that he too contributed to the numerous issues of APGA by turning himself a divisive tool.The days where men of character and value would allow divisive tool play on their emotions and sensibility.
“It is on record that the Kano Court of Appeal Special panel erred on many grounds, they overruled themselves and did not even give a clear judgment on whether it is Jude Okeke/Umeoji or Oye/Soludo rather a set aside order of the Jigawa Judgement.
“This further compound woes for the party, our team of lawyers are already at the Supreme Court to have this madness and gross judicial rascality interpreted and justice served rightly”, Uloka said.
He called on Umeoji supporters to stay calm and hopeful, that their principal remains the candidate of APGA until a court of higher jurisdiction orders otherwise, hence what happened at Kano Appeal was a waste of time and state resources and not judgement.
“We cannot put the hope of millions of APGA and Anambra electorates because of one person (Umeh), the fate remains that Sọludo is not yet the candidate for APGA and can never be.
“He is rather celebrating nothingness and it won’t be too long before the law catches up on them”, Uloka said.
