How Protesting Women Halted Ohakim – Amuchinwa Court Sitting In Owerri

From JOHNKENNEDY UZOMA, Owerri

Protest earlier today in Owerri the capital city of Imo halted a legal battle between the former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim and Abuja based business woman, Chinyere Amuchinwa.

The court sitting took another dimension when some group of women stopped the court sittings earlier scheduled for the day.

NewsTrack Nigeria (newstrack.com.ng) gathered that as early as 8 am, the women in their large numbers had assembled at the entrance of the court with various placards with inscriptions as “Ikedi Ohakim must face his  criminal cases, Ohakim, injustice to a woman is injustice to all, as well as Cletus Ilomuanyan, What’s your interest, are you Ikedi Ohakim” among others.

The protesting women also in their protest demanded for the stepping aside of the presiding judge in the matter, I.G Chuwunyere, maintaining that they were not comfortable with her handling the  case.

Leader of the women, Mrs Mercy Agulana while addressing newsmen said that they have come to show solidarity to their fellow woman who they claimed her rights were violated.

She said: “the former governor Ohakim has brought shame to himself. Why is he running away from the court? He called the police but now running away from the same police he invited. We thank the police IGP for not putting the women into shame, thank you for stepping into the matter”.

Speaking further: “Ohakim must make himself available for proper justice, and we advise Ilomuanyan to stop poking his nose in what does not concern him or get consumed in it.”

Meanwhile during the protest,arguments by counsel to Ohakim and Amuchinwa ensured on who attracted the protesters to the court prompted a halt to the day sitting.

The former governor of the State, Ohakim has been embroiled in a N500 million fraud suit leveled against him by Amuchinwa.