There was uproar at the sitting of the State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting venue in Lagos for cases from Imo State when the All Progressive Congress (APC) counsel, Echezona Etiaba (SAN) presented two petitions allegedly written by his clients accusing the three member panel of being compromised.

In the letter, which was read by the presiding Justice, the APC accused Damian Dodo (SAN), who they alleged to be counsel to one of the appellants of being the conduit to reach the panel headed by Justice Danjuma Mohammed, who is the presiding judge of Makurdi Division of the court of Appeal.

Other members of the panel are Justice Peter Affen from Yola Division and Justice Asmau’u Musa Mainoma, who is one of the newly appointed justices to the Court of Appeal.

However, Dodo was not counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Labour Party (LP) at any time in any of the pre-election cases or the main tribunal in Imo.

Dodo was also not counsel to any of the parties at the Tribunal and even before the court of Appeal.

“He accused PDP of compromising the justices but the appeal that was called was that of Okigwe North Federal Constituency filed by LP candidate Chikwem Okafor. So what was the PDP connection in that?”(Daily Sun)