The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday described the court ruling that Uche Ogah be inaugurated as governor of the state as a “rape on democracy.”
DAILY POST recalls that the embattled state Governor, Ikezie Ikpeazu was on Monday sacked by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over tax evasion.
The Justice Okon Abang-led court ordered the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately issue Ogah who came second during the 2014 PDP gubernatorial primaries with Certificate of Return, which was done yesterday.
However, the Chairman of the party in the state, Johnson Onuigbo while speaking after an emergency meeting in Umuahia, the state capital said the party will resist any attempt at inaugurating Ogah as governor of the state.
According to Onuigbo, “Abia is not safe. I didn’t want to believe the rumour that the state will soon be invaded by the army because this is not a war zone.
“We want to inform the world that there is tension in Abia because democracy is about to be raped.
“As a party, we will resist any move by anybody to undermine the peace in the state.”
He maintained that the embattled governor has obtained an exparte injunction, “restraining the state Chief Judge or any other judges from swearing in Mr. Ogah as governor.
“We are ready for them, we are ready to die, If they do it, then they are inviting anarchy and confusion in the state.
“We are in a democracy so we want the world to hear and know that we are being short changed in Abia.”
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