Mr. Isaac Okah, a retired Director in the Federal Civil Service, has disclosed that his attention has been drawn to Suit No. FHC/EN/CS/7/2022 filed by Sir Ogochukwu A.U. Onyema praying the Federal High Court Enugu to declare vacant the Enugu West Senatorial Seat currently occupied by Senator Ike Ekweremadu and to command and mandate the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to select, nominate, and forward his name to the National Assembly as a replacement.

Mr. Isaac Okah, said O.A.U Onyema was equally seeking the order of the court commanding and mandating the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to “withdraw or revoke, as the case may be, the Certificate of Return earlier issued to the 3rd defendant (Ekweremadu) and issue a fresh Certificate of Return” to him as “the only available runner-up” that can validly be nominated as Senator Ekweremadu’s replacement.

Mr. Isaac Okah, a retired Director in the Federal Civil Service, said it was imperative to state that he polled 84 votes at the October 2018 PDP primary election for Enugu West Senatorial District to place second behind Distinguished Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who polled 690 votes to emerge winner, while O.A.U Onyema mustered 61 votes to place third.

However, to further his case, O.A.U lied on oath by deposing to an affidavit that the 1st runner-up, being my humble self, is dead, hence purportedly leaving him as the only available runner up.

Mr. Okah unequivocally clarified he was alive, well, and running his private business and that it is a shame that naked and unbridled ambition has pushed O.A.U Onyema into the sacrilege of wishing his fellow man dead.

Mr. Isaac Okah, said it is a shame that a lawyer of many years experience like him, who aspires to the Senate, has no firm grasp of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution regarding the grounds on which a National Assembly Member’s seat could be declared vacant and is also ignorant of the provisions of Section 76 of the Constitution, which explicitly mandates the INEC to conduct a bye-election within 30 days to fill any vacancy in the federal legislature.

Mr. Isaac Okah, a retired Director in the Federal Civil Service, totally condemn and dissociate myself from his wicked lawsuit, which has no bearing whatsoever with Nigerian laws, conventions and practices of the National Assembly of Nigeria, and our humanity and culture as Ndigbo.

Mr. Isaac Okah, however, said since an elder like O.A.U Onyema believes he can only make it to the Senate by lying to benefit from the misfortunes of his kinsman and wishing another man dead, and wish him well and leave him entirely to the verdict of God, our ancestors, and history.