Supreme Court Imposes N40m Fine On Ozekhome (SEE WHY)

Supreme Court Imposes N40m Fine On Ozekhome (SEE WHY)

The Supreme Court has levied a fine of N40 million against Mike Ozekhome SAN for filing a frivolous, vexatious, and irritating motion in relation to the Imo state governorship in 2019.

The court dismissed an application by Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking a certificate of return as the rightful governor of Imo state.

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Ozekhome, Ihedioha’s lawyer, was fined for bringing a motion before the Apex Court to revalidate the suit that removed him as governor in 2019.

The senior lawyer was ordered by Justice Tijani Abubakar to personally pay the N40 million fine to four respondents, including the Action People’s Party (APP), Uche Nnadi, Uche Nwosu, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In the motion, Ozekhome sought a consequential order to compel INEC to issue a fresh Certificate of Return to Ihedioha, allowing him to serve a four-year tenure as Imo Governor.

He argued that the incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma, unlawfully spent the four years Ihedioha should have served. Ozekhome claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had no candidate in the 2019 Imo governorship election, contending that Uzodinma should not have been made governor on the APC platform.

The Supreme Court dismissed the motion, citing a lack of jurisdiction, and characterized it as strange, frivolous, baseless, unwarranted, vexatious, and irritating, designed to demonize the Supreme Court.

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