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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday delivered a stringent rebuke of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court for his ruling annulling the election of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, accusing the judge of “raping democracy”.
Gov. Ikpeazu was “sacked” on June 27. Justice Abang said he had falsified his tax certificates, and must lose his seat to Samson Ogah, also a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Mr. Ogah received the certificate of return from the Independent National Commission, but was not sworn in.
At the Court of Appeal on Thursday, a five-member led by Justice Morenike Ogunwumiju said Mr. Abang “raped democracy” when he ordered INEC to issue a certificate of return to Mr. Ogah without evidence of forgery against Mr. Ikpeazu.
According to the court, the judgement was erroneously based on the inadequacy of tax receipt which Mr. Ikpeazu cannot be blamed for.
“After reading through the judgement several times, I was amazed at how the trial Judge arrived at his conclusion of forgery against the appellant when there was no evidence of forgery. To say the least, his findings are ridiculous,” said Justice Ogunwumiju.
The court said Mr. Abang embarked on a “wild goose chase” when he attempted to help the plaintiff.
Ms. Ogunwunmiju said the case was not properly filed in the first instance.


While the law says only an identifiable legal practitioner can attest to a motion instituting a case before the lower court, three lawyers signed for the plaintiff.
“But on the motion which led to this appeal three people indicated themselves as lawyers and signed the document. It is not the business of the court to embark on a voyage of helping a litigant decide who filed his case,” the court said.
“The judge must have sat in his chamber, unilaterally assessed and computed the tax of the appellant and came to the conclusion that he did not pay the required tax. But let me say that courts are not allowed to speculate as the trial Judge has done in the instant case.
“The trial judge spoke from both sides of his mouth when in one breadth, he claimed that he based his findings on supply of false information and in another breadth, he came to the conclusion that the appellant in this matter committed perjury, even when there was no allegation of forgery and no allegation that he did not pay tax,” the court further said.
Ms. Ogunwumiju also said that Justice Abang turned the head of the law upside down in his conclusion that it was Mr. Ikpeazu that should bear the burden of proof for an allegation made by Mr. Ogah.
“With respect, we disagree with him in this conclusion because it is the person that makes allegation of falsehood that must prove it,” she said.
The Appeal Court also argued that Mr. Abang erred when he imported the phrase “as at when due” into the PDP 2014 guidelines.
“The judge would not have imported the phrase into his findings if he had seen the copy of the PDP guideline. In this case, he violated the PDP guideline.
“From whatever angle one looks at the judgement of the trial Judge, the decision of his court was grossly erroneous. The inadequacies of the tax receipt cannot be visited on Ikpeazu who scored the highest votes in the 2015 governorship elections as doing so will amount to rape of democracy,” the court held.

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I fink ds justice Abang need to b stoned to death for all d judgements he has bn ing of recent


He s a disgrace to d judiciary system

He not only raped her, he also got her pregnant and at the same time caused her a very brutal miscarriage.

He is an APC judge, that is how they roll

LordVarys:
Cc lalasticlala, obinoscopy

next tym. learn to give space for others to b FTC I Dnt need it tho, dts y I said others

The NJC should do the needful on that stupid Judge.He should go the way of the infamous Justices Egbo Egbo and Stanley Nnaji

The same Justice gave injunction which banned Makarfi led PDP from having her national convention in Ph. All the judgement delivered by him are controversial. If you say he's working for APC, you may not be wrong.

The NJC should soonest bring down the hammer on this disreputable corrupt buffoon of a Judge, Abang

NigerDeltan:

He raped, got her pregnant and at the same time caused her a very brutal miscarriage.

He is a APC judge, that is how they roll

1. An APC, nt a APC
2. Close ur teeth, it doesn't speak well of ur family

lalasticlala

Osehnetworld:

1. An APC, nt a APC
2. Close ur teeth, it doesn't speak well of ur family

Try another person pls, am more matured than you

Corrupt judge with Buffalo head

sometimes i wonder if some judges really study law

Rape kor, fvck ni

Buhari and APC have
destroyed our judicial system

As An Akwa Ibomite, I Feel Very Disappointed That Justice Abang Is All That's Wrong With Our Judiciary Since Buhari Assumed Office. We Are A Peaceful People And Abang Clearly Is Acting A Script Written From A Place Other Than This Part Of The Country

Nigeria, where are we going.

O di egwu.

This man again. I bet the NJC won't take a closer look into this man as they did the other judges who were sent on compulsory retirement. Seeing how he is acting on scripts from particular 'powers that be.'

;DThey mean a Justice of d Federal Republic did this?

He has allowed his career to be smeared by Apshit and he shall eat the defeacation. A very corrupt judge and I wonder why he has not been dismissed!

Now that he has won let him concentrate and do the work for which he was elected cus it seems this slowed his performances.....unless he has changed they all do

Naija and conspiracy theories. What has APC got to do with this. Judge Abang has been a federal judge since 2009. Why is it until now that he has a pay master. Was Ogah paid by APC to go to court too? If APC truly had a hand in all these then the appeal court should have been in favor of Ogah.

U mean a Justice of the Federal Republic did this?

Those that collect bribe to stab justice will not stand the cry of justice' blood. Each drops of her blood rings a bell in the high heavens. So the main Justice always comes to ask some questions.

You see, Justice Okon Abang will have no answers.

However, the fall of a dead leaf today is a warning to the green ones.

...The judge must have sat in his chamber, unilaterally assessed and computed the tax of the appellant and came to the conclusion that he did not pay the required tax. But let me say that courts are not allowed to speculate as the trial Judge has done in the instant case.
“The trial judge spoke from both sides of his mouth when in one breadth, he claimed that he based his findings on supply of false information and in another breadth, he came to the conclusion that the appellant in this matter committed perjury, even when there was no allegation of forgery and no allegation that he did not pay tax,” the court further said.......
Ms. Ogunwumiju also said that Justice Abang turned the head of the law upside down in his conclusion that it was Mr. Ikpeazu that should bear the burden of proof for an allegation made by Mr. Ogah...

I couldn't help but laugh out so much at the above excerpt... the bashing was too much!...
..In other words... the appeal court must have been trying to tell Justice Okon Abang that he is not fit to be a judge or that he has no idea of the law...


Anyway, Port Harcourt Residents, check below for hot apartments for rent...

https://nairaland.isosite.org/3138960/clean-2-bedroom-flats-let-akpajo

That man should honorable resign or he'll never know peace. Useless puppet called judge making the whole judiciary look like one huge joke...

HON.JUSTICE O.E.ABANG
JUDGE, FEDERAL HIGH COURT NIGERIA

NAME: Abang ,Okon Effreti
DATE OF BIRTH: 10h January, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH: Oduo – Ebughu
SEX: Male
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Mbo L.G.A
NATIONALITY: Nigerian
MARITAL STATUS: Married

INSTITUTION ATTENDED WITH DATES:

Central School Ebughu Mbo L.G.A. (Akwa Ibom State) – January 1968 – June 1973
St.Vincent’s Secondary School Oti – Oron, Oron L.G.A (Akwa Ibom State) – September 1973 – June 1978
School of Basic Studies Akampa, Cross River State- September 1980 – June 1982
University of Calabar – October 1993 – June 1987
Nigerian Law School Victoria Island, Lagos – October 1987 – June 1988

QUALIFICATIONS:

F.S.L.C.E - June 1973
WASC/GCE – June 1978
HSC (3 papers) at a sitting – June 1982
LL.B Hons (Second Lower) – June 1987
B.L (second Lower) – June 1988
Date of call to Bar – 3rd November 1988

JOB EXPERIENCE:

Clerical Officer Cross River State Housing Corporation – Dec.1978 – September 1980
Teaching Appointment, secondary School, Mbokpu,Eyokan,Oron L.G.A. Akwa Ibom State – January 1983 – October 1983
Secondary School, Old Ntekim, Akampa Cross River State – November 1983 – July 1984
N.Y.S.C – October 1988 – September 1989
Private Practice – September 1989
Judge – Federal High Court – 22/06/2009

HOBBIES:
Raping democracy
Turning the head of the law upside down
Delivering controversial judgment



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This so called justice Abang has done more harm than good to the justice system of Nigeria, he need to be checked properly