A Court of Appeal sitting Abuja, has declared the removal of Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, null and void.
Prompt News Online recalls that Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja, had sacked Mr Ikpeazu over allegations of irregular documentation.
Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Ibrahim Bdliya, held that the High Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case thus, declaring the ruling null and void.
Justice Bdilya, who led the five-man panel said that on the motion which led to the appeal, three people indicated themselves as lawyers and signed the document while the law says only an identifiable legal practitioner can do so.
According to Justice Bdilya, ”the lower court erred in its deciding for the litigants.
“To this end the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to adjudicate on the matter because the initiation process of the suit was not properly done.
“Therefore any decision taken by it flowing from that suit is null and void”.
