Imo North: Sen. Frank Ibezim’s rough road to victory

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:

1. SUIT NO FHC/OW/CS/101/2020 : Lady Uchenna Onyeiwu Uba – V- APC &
2. . SUIT NO FHC/OW/CS/102/2020 : ARARUME -V-
3. . SUIT NO FHC/OW/CS/103/2020 : People’s Democratic Party
4. SUIT NO FHC/OW/CS/144/2020 :
5. . SUIT NO FHC/ABJ/CS/1229/2020 : Tony Elebeke Asomugha – V Francis Ibezim
6. SUIT NO FHC/ABJ/CS/1644/2020 :
7. HOW/ ……./ 2021 APGA V- Ararume
8. HOW/ …../ 2021. SIR FRANK IBEZIM – V- ARARUME
9. EPT/OW/SEN/1/2020, YPP V- APC & 3 ORS
10. EPT/OW/SEN/2/2020 APGA V FRANCIS IBEZIM & ORS
11. EPT/OW/SEN/3/2020

Emmanuel Okewulonu & ANOR- V- APC & 3 ORS

12. EPT/OW/SEN/4/2020 ADC V APC & 8 ORS
13. EPT/OW/SEN/5/2020 APM V APC & 3 ORS
14. CA/ OW/ 450/2020 Lady Ubah V- APC & 4 ORS
15. CA/OW/452/ 2020 Chukwuma Frank Ibezim V- Lady Ubah
16. CA/ABJ/1085/2020

Chukwuma Francis Ibezim V- Asomugha Tony Elebeke.

17. CA/ABJ/ / 2020 APC V ASOMUGHA TONY ELEBEKE

INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS

18. CA/OW/28/2021 APC V- PDP & 2 ORS
19. CA/ OW/ EPT/ SEN/ 1/ 2021 Charles Oyirimba & Anor V – APC & ANOR
20. CA/ OW/ EPT/ SEN/ 2/ 2021. APM V- INEC & 2 ORS
21. CA/ OW/ EPT/ SEN/ 3/ 2021. APC V-Emmanuel Okewulonu & 4 ORS
22. CA/ OW/ EPT/ SEN/ 4/ 2021. Senator Ifeanyi Ararume-V- YPP & 3 ORS.

 

SUPREME COURT

23. SC/971/2020
24. SC/972/ 2020
25. SC/CV/ 2020
26. SC/CV/2020
27. CA/OW/EPT/SEN/5/ 2021. Emmanuel Okewulonu & Anor- V- APC & 3 ORS
28. 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.