Obasanjo Appeals Judgment Banning Publication Of ‘My Watch’

from right, former President/Author, Olsegun Obasanjo and his wife Bola with Prof. Olu Akinkugbe, presenting the book Tittle My Watch- A Memoir by Olusegun Obasanjo

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has appealed the judgment by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, presided over by Justice Valentine Ashi, against the publication of his autobiography, titled ‘My Watch’.

In the court of appeal holding in Abuja, the former president said the learned Trial Judge erred in law when he granted Interlocutory Orders of Injunction which inter alia restrained the Defendant from the publication of his book “My Watch” or the content of the letter to the President which is the subject of the suit before the trial judge in the said book.
In his ten ground appeal, Mr Obasanjo said the Judge “erred in law and acted without jurisdiction in directing the police and security agencies to seize the book from any vendor” and directing him (Obasanjo) to show cause within 21 days on why he should not be committed to prison for contempt of court.
The former president is seeking an order setting aside the ruling of the lower Court made on Wednesday the 10th of December, 2014 and all the orders made thereunder.
He is also seeking an order transferring the suit to the Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory for reassignment to another judge
It will be recalled that the South West People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Organization and Mobilization Chairman, Mr Buruji Kashamu has approached the Abuja High Court asking the court to restrain the defendant, Olusegun Obasanjo from publishing his autobiography “My Watch”.

Okorocha Picks Imo APC Governorship Ticket After Losing Presidential Primary Elections...................

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has picked the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in absentia as he was still in Lagos for the party’s National Convention which ended on Thursday evening.

Okorocha’s emergence as the party’s governorship flag bearer in the state came barely few hours after coming fourth in the just concluded APC presidential primary elections at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.
During the Owerri event, which took place at the Imo International Conference Centre, the Commissioner for Lands and Urban Planning, Uche Nwosu, who was secretly adopted as the APC governorship candidate by the party’s delegates, announced his withdrawal from the race.
Speaking before the ratification of the Governor’s candidature, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Mr. John Alamba, said that the party had the power to substitute any candidate that withdraws from the race.
Nwosu, in his brief speech said that his withdrawal from the race was based on personal and family reasons, adding that the interest of the party supersedes his personal ambition.
He enjoined the party members to give same support and solidarity to the new candidate, Governor Okorocha.
Apart from the delegates, also present at the event were all the state executive of the Imo State All Progressives Congress, except the Chairman who was still in Lagos, members of the Okorocha’s cabinet and other state appointees.