Tax Fraud: Supreme Court declines to sack Gov Ikpeazu of Abia State

The Supreme Court today declined to sack Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State from office over alleged tax infractions. 

A five-man panel of Justices of the apex court affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which nullified Ikpeazu’s removal from office over the alleged fraud.

The court dismissed appeals that were lodged by two contenders for the governorship seat, Mr. Sampson Ogah and Sir Friday Nwosu, as lacking in merit.

The Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has since dedicated his victory over Uche Ogah at the Supreme Court to the people of Abia state, who he said stood by him all through the period of litigation. 

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Enyinnaya Appolos, Governor Ikpeazu stated that the victory is a re-affirmation of the mandate given to him by the people, and now twice confirmed by the Supreme Court.