Anthony Iwuoma
It is no more news that the Appeal Court has confirmed Distinguished Sen. Frank Ibezim, as the undisputed senator, representing Imo North in the National Assembly. What many may not know about his eventual triumph is the number of intriguing legal battles he had to surmount before his amazing victory.
By his victory, analysts say, Sen. Ibezim has been placed on the world map, as the only senator, who won over 28 cases in various courts to get to where he is today.
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For record purposes, Dr. C. C. Nwadigo, a member of the legal team of Ibezim and the All Progressives Congress APC, catalogued some of the multiple cases that could not stop Ibezim hereunder:
- SUIT NO FHC/OW/CS/101/2020 : Lady Uchenna Onyeiwu Uba – V- APC &
- . SUIT NO FHC/OW/CS/102/2020 : ARARUME -V-
- . SUIT NO FHC/OW/CS/103/2020 : People’s Democratic Party
- SUIT NO FHC/OW/CS/144/2020 :
- . SUIT NO FHC/ABJ/CS/1229/2020 : Tony Elebeke Asomugha – V Francis Ibezim
- SUIT NO FHC/ABJ/CS/1644/2020 :
- HOW/ ……./ 2021 APGA V- Ararume
- HOW/ …../ 2021. SIR FRANK IBEZIM – V- ARARUME
- EPT/OW/SEN/1/2020, YPP V- APC & 3 ORS
- EPT/OW/SEN/2/2020 APGA V FRANCIS IBEZIM & ORS
- EPT/OW/SEN/3/2020
Emmanuel Okewulonu & ANOR- V- APC & 3 ORS
- EPT/OW/SEN/4/2020 ADC V APC & 8 ORS
- EPT/OW/SEN/5/2020 APM V APC & 3 ORS
- CA/ OW/ 450/2020 Lady Ubah V- APC & 4 ORS
- CA/OW/452/ 2020 Chukwuma Frank Ibezim V- Lady Ubah
- CA/ABJ/1085/2020
Chukwuma Francis Ibezim V- Asomugha Tony Elebeke.
- CA/ABJ/ / 2020 APC V ASOMUGHA TONY ELEBEKE
INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS
- CA/OW/28/2021 APC V- PDP & 2 ORS
- CA/ OW/ EPT/ SEN/ 1/ 2021 Charles Oyirimba & Anor V – APC & ANOR
- CA/ OW/ EPT/ SEN/ 2/ 2021. APM V- INEC & 2 ORS
- CA/ OW/ EPT/ SEN/ 3/ 2021. APC V-Emmanuel Okewulonu & 4 ORS
- CA/ OW/ EPT/ SEN/ 4/ 2021. Senator Ifeanyi Ararume-V- YPP & 3 ORS.
SUPREME COURT
- SC/971/2020
- SC/972/ 2020
- SC/CV/ 2020
- SC/CV/2020
- CA/OW/EPT/SEN/5/ 2021. Emmanuel Okewulonu & Anor- V- APC & 3 ORS
- CA/OW/EPT/SEN/6/2021 Ifeanyi Ararume-V- Emmanuel Okewulonu & 4 ORS.
According to Nwadigo, that Ibezim surmounted all these thorny cases means that he is a divine project and has something great in store for his constituents.
The activist lawyer urged Okigwe people to celebrate Sen. Ibezim’s eventual victory, assuring that a new dawn had come for Okigwe Zone, as the long elusive infrastructural deficit in the zone are about to receive attention, thanks to the wide connections of Sen. Ibezim to the appropriate quarters.
He noted that having started so well despite the distracting legal battles, it is obvious that much more dividends would be attracted to the zone now that all the distractions have been conclusively eliminated.
