The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has directed parties to the
governorship dispute in Abia State not to take any step in the case
pending its judgments on the seven appeals filed on the matter.
Justice Helen Ogunwumiju, who presided over a panel of five justices
of the court, ordered parties to “allow things remain the way they are
at the moment”, pending when the court would give its judgment.
The directive was informed by an observation by Alex Iziyon (SAN),
the lawyer to Sampson Ogah, that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is not legally
the de facto occupant of the Abia State Government House. Iziyon said there were conflicting judgments on the status of Ikpeazu.
Asked to comment on the de facto occupier of the Abia State Government House, Izinyon said he would not answer because it would imply that he had conceded.