Ahead of the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), two constituents of the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency in Abia State have dragged their Federal Lawmaker, Hon. Uzoma Nkem Abonta to the Federal High Court in Umuahia for alleged financial misappropriation.
The plaintiffs in the matter, Hon. (Chief) Uche Sunday Aja and Chief Chisom Nwachukwu, who are members of the PDP, have alleged that many constituency projects meant for the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency were diverted by Hon. Abonta, to himself and lackeys thereby emasculating their Federal Constituency.
The plaintiffs also alleged that the federal lawmaker, who has been in the National Assembly for almost 16 years has been most inept, incompetent, corrupt and covetous in representing them and other constituents.
They plaintiffs claim against the Defendants jointly and severally as follows:
“A declaration by the Honourable Court that by the virtue of the inept, corrupt, corruptive and unaccountable conducts of the 1st Defendant is not a fit and proper person to continue to represent the plaintiffs and all the other constituents of the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency, Abia State, Nigeria.
“A Declaration by the Honourable Court that the 1st Defendant is in duty bound to account for his close to 16 years stewardship to the Plaintiffs et al over and in respect of his representing them in the parliament.
“An Order of the Honourable Court restraining the 2nd Defendant by himself and in cahoots with the 2nd Defendant’s relevant State Officers and inclusive of the 3rd Defendant from ever presenting the 1st Defendant for the PDP primaries slated sometime in April 2022, and/or ordering the 2nd Defendant to cancel any such primaries that could have produced the 1st Defendant as a candidate of the PDP in any such election for the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency, Abia State, Nigeria.
“A mandatory order of the Honourable Court compelling the 4th Defendant to use it’s investigative machineries to investigate in whole and in part the 1st Defendant’s corrupt and corruptive acts by converting, misappropriating and/or embezzling the funds meant for constituency projects in the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency, Abia State, Nigeria.”
