By Ise-Oluwa Ige
Lagos- based member of the inner bar, Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) yesterday applauded the verdict of the Court of Appeal which truncated the ambition of Dr Andy Uba to become governor of Anambra State from March 17, 2010.
According to him, the position of the court served the justice of the case.
His exact words:“ The ruling of the Court of Appeal rejecting Andy Uba’s ‘governor-in-waiting’ application has saved the Nigerian judiciary from shame, opprobrium and contempt. A contrary decision would not only have set a dangerous precedent but would have been the last straw to break its back in terms of erosion of people’s confidence in our courts.
“As Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu_Ojukwu rightly pointed out, a contrary decision would have sparked a very serious constitutional crisis, the dimension of which nobody can predict.
“The application by Uba ordinarily should have been summarily dismissed via a Bench ruling with a serious warning to the Applicant as demonstrated by the Supreme Court in Uba’s futile attempts to get the apex court reverse itself.
“That would have saved Anambra indigenes and Nigerians at large from the anxiety, tension, rumour mongering and weird speculations after the application was argued and reserved for ruling.
“An application that seeks to pitch the Court of Appeal against the Supreme Court in supremacy tussle just because the Nigerian Constitution provides that decisions of Court of Appeal is final in election matters, is to say the least, a disservice to our nascent democracy.
“That is the provision Uba wanted to exploit as if there is no more hierarchy of courts in our judiciary.
We thank God that the learned justices saw reason in the objections of the Respondents that the application was an abuse of court process and dismissed it. This is how it should be,” he added.
I thank God the Dr Andy fall in the court we still Mr Obi or Ngige as our Governor
ECOWAS Court is there for another appeal from there you go to huage.
stupid animal.
this ubas, both chris the kin pin kiddnapper of Anambra state and his brother andy or what ever he call him self should know that our state has noting for them , any day any time they think of coming to govt house awka let them first tell us who set govt house on fire , Anambra is not for area boys like him and his brother, do they think that our God is dead or what , have they fogeting what they did to ngige of all people, please let soloude take the mantle , let this uba of family know that anambra is not for them , no one like there way
God bless great state Anambra
What those Mr. Andy Uba really want?
If the courts had a contrary judgement Nigeria would have just turned to a big joke, where all those governors that were sacked from office in 1983 and 1994 would need to be allowed to complete their terms.
Let a lesson be learned we the Youths are worse that these men. Efforts should be stepped up to change us
Pls, permit me to borrow the words of the 5 wisemen of the C A in yesterday’s judgement. GOVERNORSHIP SEAT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL STOOL WHERE MEN INHERET SEAT pls Andy can go to his town or village and be compensated for been blind folded and not using his thinging facaulty a whole Dr.But, who knows if he is a traditional doctor self.
Since the Uba family does not believe there should be an end to a litigation, maybe they should now appeal to a CUSTOMARY COURT. Buffoons!
I hail the appeal court’s decision on Uba’s case. Anambra State would have been a bankruptcy and lawless fiefdom (in Achebe’s words) if the appeal court’s decision had been otherwise. These Ubas should go rest and let the Soludos or Obis rule Anambra. Soludo is a very credible candidate, so is Obi – any of them can win.
Also, I Thank God that the Appeal Court was not bought in this case or didn’t Uba pay enough money? May be, repentance is finally coming to the Nigerian judicial system.
Why is your reporter calling Andy Uba a doctor? Andy Uba is not a doctor of anything. He purchased his socalled doctorate from an internet diploma mill. Is your reporter not aware of this? Even the first degree he claims is questionable. Please your newspaper should stop lending credibility to this scammer.