A federal high court sitting in Owerri, capital of Imo State dismissed the tax forgery suit against Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.
Delivering a long judgement, Justice Lewis Allagoa said the tax document submitted by Governor Ikpeazu during the 2015 Abia Peoples Democratic party, PDP primaries was not forged in any way.
TVC Correspondent, Saturday Ochia reports that the court room was filled to the brim as lawyers,members of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP and other interest groups came in large numbers to witness the case.
Justice Lewis Allagoa began his judgement by tackling other grey areas in the case such as whether the court has jurisdiction over the matter or not and the issue of the suit not being properly filed.
Done with all these, the Judge addressed the issue of tax forgery levelled against Governor Ikpeazu.
According to him,the issue of forgery should not have arisen as Ikpeazu was not the manufacturer of the tax document.The Judgement elicited reactions from lawyers present at the court.
Former speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Noel Chukwukadibia said the judgement will only give the Governor a little relief, as he has other rivers to cross.
The third contender for the Abia state Governorship seat, Friday Nwosu filed a suit against the judgement of the Federal High court which declared Dr Sampson Ogah as Governor-elect of Abia State.Nwosu believes that the Federal high court, Abuja should have declared him Abia state Governor-elect rather than Ogar, hence he filed the suit.
It was not clear at press time whether Nwosu will appeal this judgement of the Federal high court, Owerri.
