Court Order Nobody Can Remove Me As Ebonyi Governor, Says Umahi

Governor of Ebonyi Dave Umahi says the court order to remove him from office is “null and void.”
A federal high court in Abuja ordered Umahi and his deputy, Eric Igwe, to be fired for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday (APC).

Umahi called the decision a “sham” and accused the presiding judge, Inyang Ekwo, of executing a “hatchet job.”

“Nobody can remove me as the governor of the state as we know where the judgement came from,” NAN quoted him as saying.

“Justice Ekwo has more than 10 cases against the state government and we will see where this leads him.

“We have petitioned Ekwo before the National Judicial Council (NJC) as his continued stay on the bench is a disaster for the country. People should not panic as I, the governor, am not distracted at all.

“The constitution stipulates that the only way a governor can be removed from office is through death, resignation, or impeachment by the state house of assembly.

“There is no constitutional provision that empowers a hatchet man to turn the constitution or law of the land on its head.

“The supreme court’s recent judgement on Zamfara, among others, attests to this fact as I remain the governor of the state.”