Justice Okon Abang-led federal high court, Abuja, has refused to make an order enforcing his previous judgment removing Okezie Ikpeazu as Abia state governor.
Okon held that Ikpeazu’s tax documents were not forged.
Delivering his ruling on Friday, Abang held that he had jurisdiction to hear any application against his final judgments.
He said that Order 4 of the appeal court rules did not apply to the case before him.
Abang said that Ikpeazu ran to the appeal court for “stay of execution” of an order removing him as governor instead of coming to him to decide on the matter.
He said all these in response to the argument of Wole Olanipekun, counsel to Ikpeazu, challenging his jurisdiction to hear any application on the matter.
However, he said that based on the submission of Alex Iziyon, counsel to Uche Ogah, the court lacked jurisdiction to take the application for stay of execution, and he would not enter the fray of legal dispute by making a pronouncement.
“Based on Iziyon’s application, I hereby adjourn the proceedings pending the appeal at the appeal court,” Abang held.