An Abuja High Court Invites Gov.Rochas and Imo Attorney General.

An Abuja High Court has summoned Gov.Rochas Okorocha and Imo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,Chukwuma Machukwu Ume (SAN) to come and explain their inability to appoint a compentent lawyer to defend the governor in court.The High Court Justice,Justice Ahmed Mohammed yesterday issued the directives based on the fact that two lawyers came to represent the Governor over a suit filed against Governor Okorocha by APGA.

According to ThisdayLive when the When the case was called, Adeniyi Akintola (SAN) announced appearance for Okorocha, shortly after which another lawyer, Sunday Olabode also announced appearance for the governor.While Akintola insisted he was instructed to handle the case by the governor, Olabode claimed to have equally been instructed by the state s Attorney General to handle the case.In view of the disagreement, the judge asked the two lawyers to inquire why they both announced separate representations for the governor.
Akintola queried the legitimacy of the Attorney General insistence on imposing a lawyer on the governor in a case not involving the state government.
"The important thing is that this man (Ume) is a serving Attorney General. Yet he has come to court to file processes in a private matter involving the governor.
“This is wrong. This is ambulance chasing, it is unethical and the rules of professional conduct frowned at this.
“I have never seen this kind of thing in my years of practice.