Ibori to appeal against the ruling of the Benin Court of Appeal which stuck down his Federal High Court victoryvictory

Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has already asked his lawyers to head to the Supreme Court, in appeal over yesterday’s (Thursday) ruling  of the Benin-City Court of Appeal.

In a press statement signed by his Media Assitant, Tony Eluemunor, Ibori said that despite his travails, he has remained an unfailing believer in the rule of law, especially the courts. According to him, the decision of the Federal High Court in Asaba, which the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin has just struck down, was perhaps the most politicized in Nigerian history, with crass politicians not hiding their interests and sundry commentators opinionating on otherwise purely matters of law – yet refusing to refer to the judgement while pouring out their sectarian creeds.

Yet, Ibori, a believer in the rule of law and freedom of the courts, will not stoop as low as those who flagellate judges whose decisions they not like, openly or through innuendos, impute any misdeeds on the part of the panel of Justices who decided the case. In pursuit of this undying belief, he has instructed his lawyers to, without delay, take the next legal step by referring the matter to the apex court in the land.

Chief Ibori has also called on his supporters everywhere to remain calm as they have always done since his political persecution began.