Calabar, the Cross River State capital, yesterday, was gripped with palpable shock, as the Supreme Court of Nigeria dethroned the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, after 15 years of legal tussle. However, the Supreme Court judgment written by Justice Amina Ahgid and read by Justice Akomoye Agim, yesterday, upheld the judgment of […]
Calabar, the Cross River State capital, yesterday, was gripped with palpable shock, as the Supreme Court of Nigeria dethroned the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, after 15 years of legal tussle. However, the Supreme Court judgment written by Justice Amina Ahgid and read by Justice Akomoye Agim, yesterday, upheld the judgment of…
That Etubom Anthony Ani and others in Suit No. HC/102/2008, filed by his lead counsel, Mr. Joe Agi , sued Etubom Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu and others in their capacities as members of the Etuboms’ Traditional Council for jettisoning the screening process of the Western Calabar under the then Chairman, Etubom Abasi-Otu, now the Obong of Calabar, that had screened and selected Etubom Ani as their sole candidate.
Delivering judgment on June 4, 2013, the Lead Judge then, Justice Garba Lawal, who is now a Justice of the Supreme Court, ordered that “the first respondent, Etubom Ani, who admittedly was not inducted into the Etuboms’ Council of the Palace of the Obong by the Obong at the time of the selection process of the Obong of Calabar, was not traditionally qualified and eligible to vote and be voted for as the Obong of Calabar under Exhibit 1/20.
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