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Why S/Court Judgement Should Be Interrogated – Ozekhome

January 15, 2020 7:32 am

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling which declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the 2019 Imo governorship election.

Ozekhome said analysts should “interrogate” the Supreme Court ruling to decipher if the judgment was delivered in accordance with the law.
Recall that the apex court had on Tuesday declared Uzodinma, who came fourth in the last Imo State election, winner of the poll.
However, Ozekhome wondered why a candidate who came fourth in an election would eventually be declared winner of the poll by the Supreme Court.
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Kalu: Judgement Unfair, We’ll Take A Position – Abia APC

December 6, 2019 1:15 pm

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to Thursday’s ‘ill-advised conviction‘ of former Governor of Abia and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, by a Lagos State High Court.

Chairman of the APC in Abia, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, said in an interview with journalists that he was disappointed and angry with the “arranged court judgment”, Igbere TV reports.

Nwankpa, who was a member of the Abia State House of Assembly when Sen. Kalu was governor, said that the judgment was not fair.

“The party will meet to take a position on the judgment but as an individual, I …

$9.6bn judgement debt: Experts proffer solution to Nigeria

August 31, 2019 4:51 am

Although the Federal Government is reportedly considering negotiating its way out of the $9.6 billion United Kingdom (UK) judgment debt, stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, including legal experts, yesterday discussed a multidimensional approach that may enable the government reverse or manage the judgment, which may cost the nation about N3 trillion.

While some legal experts called on the government to immediately file a stay of execution of the judgment, other stakeholders believed that the judgment could be re-negotiated, reduced and settled in a way of investment that would be beneficial to Nigeria and ease the level of impact …