FATHER EJIKE MBAKA SLAMDUNKS PRIMATE AYODELE ELIJAH OUT OF RECKONING. AS UZODINMA WAS DECLARED THE WINNER LIKE MBAKA HAD ACCURATELY PREDICTED

Father Ejike Mbaka 

Primate Elijah Ayodele 

Senator Hope Uzodinma 

Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha

For those that follow & are the unflinching supporters of the fiery man of God, Father Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry Enugu in the East, this is their time to gloat and say to all and sundry, didn't we tell you?

When the uncompromising man of God just 2 weeks ago at his cross over service voiced out what he said he had heard from God, many openly scoffed and denounced him, making a jest of him and his predictions.

When at that Cross over service he began by saying - "Many things are going to happen in Nigeria this 2020 that will shock countrymen and countrymen, but all would be to God’s glory.

“In spite of all that would happen, there is hope.
“In Imo State, there is hope. Hope, hope, hope in Imo!

“Imo people have suffered but God is raising a new hope that would be an agent of salvation for them.
“He’s coming with a new flag to restore the dignity of that noble land.
“A new leadership that will break barriers and there would be joy in the land of Imo.

“Lift your candles [as I bless Hope Uzodinma and I empower him to, spiritually, take over].
“How, I do not know?

“Please, if you heard that there would be a new government in Imo and you don’t like the message, if I say Hope, you can say hopeless, but do not fight me.
“I am saying this in respect of those who may want to come after me.”

After he gave the above prophecy as quoted verbatim, one of those that came out openly/publicly to declare him a charlatan, a liar, a false one and a money monger was none other than another renowned seer by the name Primate Elijah Ayodele of Inri. The impetus of Primate Ayodele in challenging him so openly and calling him out, must have given others the strength also to attack the man of God too, as many on the side of Governor Emeka Ihedioha and his party the PDP, went for the jugular calling the man many names, in fact calling him an APC apologist and prophet. Many were just too sure that what he predicted couldn't ever come to pass. But they only looked at the seeming impossibility of the situation. Some even went ahead to voice their opinion on the fact that Senator Hope Uzodinma was actually declared as coming 4th in the said election. So to them, how he would get the required number to win? So they were waiting to see the black magic that would be displayed.

But alas! Against all odds, defying most explanations possible, the apex court on the land, that's the Supreme Court of Nigeria, headed by The Chief Justice of the Federation, in a court ruling read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun that has been causing unbelievable ripples since it was given today, after first admitting the canceled results from 388 units which have the candidate of the APC the required number needed, declared Senator Hope Uzodinma as the Governor of Imo State with immediate effect, thereby nullifying the win/victory that had been given Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha whose victory at the election had been 1st upheld by the Election Tribunal, then same verdict was reaffirmed at the Court of Appeal.

For those who might be wondering what magic could have happened, that uplifted 4th to 1st, then maybe you read this information below as explained by a lawyer.

SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON IMO GUBER: BEFOFE YOU CONDEMN THE APEX COURT
by Obinna Akpuchukwu

I have read a lot of commentaries over the recent Supreme Court judgment declaring Senator Hope Uzodinma as the duly elected Governor of Imo State. Many have wondered how a candidate who came 4th in the election would be declared the winner by the Court. Some others have argued that the court at worst should have ordered for a rerun/run off election. A few others have submitted that in view of the recent decision of the apex court regarding the dual candidacy of Uche Nwosu, the Supreme Court  ought not to have declared Hope the winner of the governorship election. I shall attempt to address these issues seriatim.

Firstly, Hope Uzodinma's petition was predicated on the fact that INEC unlawfully cancelled results in most polling units where he scored majority votes. He contended that INEC lacks the power to nullify the election of a polling unit after the Presiding Officer had declared the result in that polling unit. He further argued that if you calculate the votes in the polling units unlawfully cancelled by INEC and add it to the existing ones, he scored the highest number of valid votes cast and he ought to have been declared the winner of the election. Hope Uzodinma through his counsel tendered those results sheets where he won and INEC did not deny that those results were written by their agents (the Presiding Officers). There were no contradictory results tendered by the Respondents in respect of the polling units where Uzodinma claimed he won. The law is already settled that once results have been declared by a presiding officer, the INEC has no power to nullify or cancel the result. Only a competent election petition tribunal has such power.

Secondly, the Apex Court could not have ordered for a rerun or run off because Hope Uzodinma met the constitutional requirement of securing 25% votes in 2/3 of the Local Governments in the State and he won the highest number of valid votes cast in the election. In any event, the petitioner/appellant Hope Uzodinma did not seek such a relief from the tribunal. 

Thirdly, the argument on the effect of the Uche Nwosu's judgment was not canvassed at the Supreme Court in the Uzodinma's case. The Supreme Court has no power to delve into issues not canvassed or presented before it. There was no cross appeal or issue canvassed at the apex court on whether Hope Uzodinma was a candidate of the APC in the IMO Governorship election or whether his appeal has become incompetent in view of the recent decision of the apex court regarding the dual candidacy of Uche Nwosu. In any event, Hope Uzodinma was not a party to that other case nullifying the candidacy of Uche Nwosu.

The decision of the apex court is not meant to massage the sentiments of a few persons. The Court of law decides a case based on the issues formulated before it and marrying the evidence led at the trial to the law. That to me, is what the Supreme Court just did. We however await the full judgment of the Court so we can make better meaning out of it. We only have to respect it. Of course intellectual critiques are welcomed. 

Obinna Akpuchukwu, Esq
14/1/2020

With how things have now panned out, especially between Mbaka and Ayodele of Inri, who truly has heard from God now? 

ROCHAS VS IHEDIOHA AND THAT IRRESPONSIBLE & MEDDLING DIRECTIVE BY THE GOVERNOR ELECT.

Hon. Sir Emeka Ihedioha 

One doesn't know for certain if the so called directive allegedly given by the new Imo State Governor Elect, Sir Emeka Ihedioha is true. But if in actual fact such a directive was given by him, then one would be very disappointed at him and then one would tag such a directive as irresponsible, meddling and very foolish, that's because as a former Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives of Nigeria, a lawmaker at that he should have known better.

Not only is the directive irresponsible, but also hasty. The fact that one is a Governor Elect, first and foremost under law does not make you the Governor yet. You were only elected to take over at a specific time. As long as the time appointed by law for the incumbent has not yet expired, as long as you have not taken your oath of office and not sworn in yet, then under the law you are still just a winner of an election and the incumbent still remains the Governor he leaves. There cannot be 2 Governors to a state in a country, at the same time, one would be the legitimate one and the other then the illegitimate one. As long as one is still in charge by law, the elect cannot for any reason or under any circumstances, usurp the incumbent's position to give any type of directive to any organization whatsoever, be it a bank, a parastatal or an individual for that matter. To utter such a directive amounts to usurpation and it is therefore an illegalilty of the highest order.

So one is rather disappointed that such an illegalilty could in any way, be connected to former ranking lawmaker like Ihedioha. No matter how any one views Owelle Rochas Okorocha, no matter how anyone dislikes him and wants him to disappear from the public space quickly, the unfortunate thing is, he remains the Governor, boss of Imo State till May 29, 2019 which is still more than 2 months away. Until that date and at a specific time of that day, when the change of baton should have happened, he cannot be wished away.

So, Hon Sir Emeka Ihedioha, Governor Elect of Imo State, abeg take a chill pill. If there are things noticed once you have let the general public know, you wait till you come into power to deal with it, unfortunately that's how you can deal with such according to the law!

And to the outgoing Governor, any stealing done in disguise in the next 2 months would be a crime against the people of Imo State. So prepare yourself and your administration for a probe too. 

NO RESPITE FOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA AS SON-IN-LAW WAS DEFEATED AT GUBER ELECTION.

Owelle Rochas OKOROCHA, Senator Elect? 

Uche Nwosu & wife

It seems like for the outgoing Governor of Imo State, he is fulfilling that saying that says "when it rains it pours". And that just might be the atmosphere or current situation that he is facing right now as it's like in one of the novels by the world famous writer/author James Hadley Chase, where for a particular character, it seems like all his cookies all just began to crumble all at the same, giving him no respite whatsoever!!!

The latest trouble for the gregarious statue builder from Imo State, is that his preferred candidate and son-in-law, Uche Nwosu his former Chief of Staff was declared a loser by the INEC at the just concluded Gubernatorial election in Imo State, that both the later and former were so desperate to win at all cost. So very much was dependent on Uche Nwosu's victory.

Fighting under the Action Alliance (AA) flag, Uche Nwosu was said to have polled 190,364 votes to come 2nd in the election that was won by the PDP candidate, in the person of former Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria between 2011 and 2015, in the person of Sir. Emeka Ihedioha who polled 273,404 votes.

With this loss, the APC has now lost the only South Eastern state under their wings before, to the opposition party, the PDP. So it's a clean sweep for the PDP now except in Anambra where though no election took place, but it's the only Eastern state where the APGA reigns. The loss itself didn't take anyone by surprise as the APC under Owelle Rochas Okorocha in Imo State didn't do anything that was worthy of them getting reelected back into power in the state. Apart from the notoriety the Governor got from building statues as monuments to people, not much is heard about his developmental strides in the state known as the Eastern Heartland or formerly Land of Hope. So the APC candidate, a former PDP stalwart in the person of Senator Hope Uzodinma at this election in representing his party, had an uphill task before him from the get go. But kudos to him though as he still came 4th by polling 96, 458 votes in total. 3rd behind AA's Uche Nwosu, was none other than 'perennial guber aspirant', Senator Ifeanyi Araurume who represented the APGA at this election where he polled 114,676, losing again for the umpteenth time!

Another juggernaut who participated at this election and was summarily demystified and was brought to his senses, was none other than a former Executive Governor of the state, in the person of Ikedi Ohakim who contested under the flag of the Accord Party and got a paltry 6864 votes.

Back to Owelle Rochas OKOROCHA, seems like the pouring rain is not abating any time soon. Even his win or should we better say supposed victory at the February 23, 2019 House of Assembly elections, is under scrutiny as we speak. His name has been omitted from the list of the Senator elects from Imo State by the electoral umpire, the INEC. Reason for that decision is because the returning officer at the time, in the person of Innocent Ibeabuchi had shouted it out for the whole world to know that, he had only released the results of that election and declared Rochas winner under duress! So until that allegation is resolved, Rochas supposed victory is stained and under suspicion then and he might not even be the Senator at the end of the day!

While all of these troubles are on. An aide of the Governor was arrested just how many days ago for the withdrawal of over a billion NAIRA allegedly meant to induce voters! Even if the burden to prove the case of attempted inducement is on the police or the EFCC, that staggering amount of money might already be lost as it would be forfeited! In the midst of the whole unprecedented shenanigans, the Owelle has also been suspended by his party, for anti-party activities.

It's like the Yoruba adage that says, "when big fight would smack one down, pinning one to the floor in a hold, then smaller, insignificant and miniscule fights that normally wouldn't have had the heart, would be encouraged to show face to trample on one too".

What a massive fall from grace for this very loud person?