A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu will on Friday the 5th day of May, 2023 deliver judgement on Suit no: FHC/CS/EN/171/2022 between Chief Sir OAU Onyema Vs. The Senate President Federal Republic of Nigeria (Senator Ahmed Lawan) & 7 Ors.
Top Enugu lawyer and politician Barr. OAU Onyeama had gone to court seeking an order to declare the Enugu West Senate position currently occupied by Senator Ike Ekweremadu vacant.
Onyema, a lawyer and politician who contested the PDP primary that produced Chief Ike Ekweremadu as Senate candidate in 2019 is of tue view that following Ekweremadu’s incarceration in the UK, his seat should be declared vacant to provide the people of Enugu West the needed representation.
Coincidentally, the judgement is coming the same day when Ekweremadu is due to be sentenced on May 5 at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey in the UK.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday wrote the United Kingdom government to interfere in the sentencing of the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice.
This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance raised by a member, Toby Okechukwu, during the plenary session of the House.
The lawmakers also pleaded that the UK court “temper justice with mercy” in the sentencing of the lawmaker and also urged the Federal Government to take diplomatic steps to intervene in his trial.
The House has asked the Clerk of the lower legislative chamber to “convey” their resolutions in writing to the British Embassy, the UK government and the parliament.
