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Governor Ayade

LATEST: Federal High Court Refuses To Sack Gov Ayade Over Defection

by Victor Ndubuisi April 7, 2022

written by Victor Ndubuisi 1 minutes read

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, cited a fresh Court of Appeal ruling on defection.
Ben Ayade’s gubernatorial seat was declared empty when he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo deviated from his previous ruling and upheld the Court of Appeal’s finding of April 1 that defection of a Governor and his Deputy is not a crime under the Nigerian Constitution for the time being.

Silence As Court Puts Ayade’s Defection Judgment On Hold

The Judge ruled that governors and their deputies can only be removed from office in accordance with the Constitution’s sections 180, 188, and 189, which provide that they can only be removed from office due to death, resignation, or impeachment.

Because defection is not a constitutional clause, no court has the authority to add it to the Supreme Law, according to Justice Taiwo.

He did agree, however, that defecting from a winning to a losing party is unethical and unprofessional.

Details will be provided later…

April 7, 2022

Ayade Storms Government House, Locks Out Civil Servants Over Lateness

Gov Ayade Set To Know Fate Today As Federal High Court Set To Deliver Judgment Defection Suit

by Victor Ndubuisi April 7, 2022

written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State’s political camp is tense as a Federal High Court in Abuja prepares to give a make-or-break ruling in a defection action filed against him.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo is anticipated to rule on the legitimacy or otherwise of the governor’s switch from the People’s Democratic Party PDP to the All Progressives Congress APC later today.

Hundreds of the governor’s supporters and admirers have flooded the courthouse, discussing the direction of the court’s pendulum at the time of this report.

Silence As Court Puts Ayade’s Defection Judgment On Hold

Despite the fact that the judgement should have been given out yesterday, it was postponed until today due to a recent Court of Appeal decision on defections.

Justice Taiwo paused the proceedings to assess the consequences of the Court of Appeal’s new defection decision.

Defection did not constitute any recognized violation, according to the Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal, but fundamental rights to freedom of association as entrenched in Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution.

While the Court of Appeal’s recent ruling was based on a claim filed by the APC gubernatorial candidate in Cross River State against the APC in the previous governorship election, the PDP filed a suit against Ayade in the Federal High Court.

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The defection of Ben Ayade and his deputy from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) prompted the PDP to urge the court to declare their seats vacant.

Meanwhile, Justice Taiwo is being awaited in the fully packed courtroom for the judgment.

April 7, 2022

Umahi/Igwe’s Sack: Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade Is Next – PDP

by Victor Ndubuisi March 9, 2022

written by Victor Ndubuisi 2 minutes read

Venatius Ikem, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State, believes that Governor Ben Ayade’s dismissal by the court is also impending.

Governor David Umahi can no longer be the Governor of Ebonyi State since he decamped from the PDP to the APC, according to an Abuja High Court ruling presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, who maintained that the votes that won him the governorship win belonged to the PDP.

The court ordered the PDP to name two people to take over as governor and deputy governor of Ebonyi State immediately, or INEC to hold a byelection.

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The similar scenario took out in Cross River State, where Ben Ayade won the governorship election in 2019 while being a member of the PDP. On May 20, 2021, he resigned from the party and joined the APC.

“We’ve been in court for several months on the same grounds as the PDP in Ebonyi State, and we’re represented by the same attorneys,” Ikem explained.

“The case has been scheduled for a hearing.”

“It’s not a question of whether we’re ‘thinking in that way,’ but when our own judgment will be rendered.”

Ikem stated the National Judicial Council (NJC), to whom Umahi has applied for protection and a review of the ruling, does not have such powers.

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“The New Jersey Commission is not a court.” It does not and does not have the authority to review judicial decisions. Only the proper Superior Courts have the authority to review inferior or lower court judgments,” he explained.

Political matters, according to the PDP chairman, have precedence over all other cases, and there are established timetables for the courts to begin and end activities before them.

He was optimistic that there would be no delays.

“On the contrary, justice will be administered in a timely manner,” he stated.

March 9, 2022