Traditional Rulers, HRH, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, has reacted to news
reports credited to Obi of Obi-Orodo, Eze Samuel Ohiri, wherein Obi
Ohiri allegedly rejected the Supreme Court ruling, which affirmed him
(Ilomuanya) as chairman of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers.
Eze Ilomuanya said that Obi Ohiri must go to jail for contemptuously
deriding the Supreme Court order, adding that "what Ohiri and his pay
masters are doing in Imo State is madness of the highest order, which
has severe repercussions".
According to Eze Ilomuanya, the "rule of law and respect for judicial
pronouncements are abhorred by the Imo State Government and its
operators. In my entire life, I have never witnessed the type of
lawlessness and impunity such as we have in Imo State today."
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kennedy Eweama, which was
made available to newsmen in Owerri, the royal father explained that
the ruling of the Supreme Court was very clear, stressing, "for Ohiri
to be pushed into abusively confronting the apex court of Nigeria is
unfortunate.
"How can Ohiri lay claim to the chairmanship of Imo State Council of
Traditional Rulers when there are subsisting judicial pronouncements
from the High Court to the Supreme Court affirming my chairmanship of
the council?"
The monarch recalled that in "Suit No: HOW/525/2013, which Obi Ohiri
instituted in an Owerri High Court, seeking among others, a
declaration that he is the chairman of the council was dismissed on
May 26, 2014, by the court for being detestable an abuse of court
process and lacking in merit."
Eze Ilomuanya stated further, "The court further asked Ohiri to pay me
N20,000 for filing such a frivolous suit against me. I also defeated
them at the Court of Appeal and finally at the Supreme Court, yet they
have continued to disobey the courts."
He warned that Imo State is heading towards social disorder and
anarchy if the state government was not called to order, adding,
"Ohiri is nobody but is merely being used as a front to ridicule the
judiciary," stressing that they interpret laws and judgments as it
suits them.
According to Eze Ilomuanya, "what we have is the voice of Jacob and
hand of Esau," adding that Ohiri was facing two criminal cases of
contempt of court and impersonation in Suit No: HOW/360/2012 pending
before courts in Owerri.
"As for the Supreme Court ruling, it must be implemented whether Ohiri
likes it or not. The rule of law must reign in Imo State. The slow
movement of the crocodile should not be mistaken for cowardice", Eze
Ilomuanya cautioned.
--DailyIndependent
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