In 2022, my friend, Hon Chika Idoko, the Enugu North senatorial zone’s candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), at the surreptitious instance, backing, financing, patronage and sponsorship by Chijioke Edeoga, governorship candidate of Labour Party in Enugu State; instituted a pre-election proceeding against the PDP, Peter Mbah and 37 others, seeking their disqualification from the general elections on the alleged ground of non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022. 

Edeoga and his supporters in the zone were celebrating victory by preempting the judgment of the court.

They turned to Idoko’s social media warriors, hailing him and pouring unending and resounding encomiums on the “not-too-young-to-know-the-right-thing-young-man”.

Idoko became the beautiful bride and democratic crusader. They kept pushing him, promising to make him commissioner and local government area of Igboeze South LGA once Edeoga won the governorship election because if PDP was disqualified, it would be a smooth ride for him to the Lion Building.

My friend, Jonathan Emmanuel Ikechukwu, a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and others were all over the media, canonizing Idoko with satisfaction and gloat over the predicament of the PDP.

I reminded them of the position of the law. Nay! They were fanatically passing media judgment on the PDP, calling me names and questioning my law background.

I dropped a caveat behind for them: “Your malicious sojourn against Peter Mbah, PDP and the government feeding you will end in tears and shame.” They came calling for my head.

At the Federal High Court, Chika Idoko failed woefully as the court derided him as a meddlesome interloper and threw out his case as scandalous, vexatious, and unnecessarily wasting the time of the court.

Idoko went back home. Licked his wounds, conceded defeat and appreciated his sponsors and benefactors.

Few days later, they pressurized him. They told him that his ambition of becoming commissioner and local government chairman would end of Edeoga failed to win the election.

Once again, he went back to the trenches and jungle of doom.

Edeoga, through his political godfathers, released more fund and insisted Idoko must head for appeal.

The next thing? We saw the notice of appeal. As usual and expected, Edeoga’s social media minions started circulating it all over the social media.

Today, the Court of Appeal dismissed Chijioke Edeoga’s, sorry, I meant, Idoko’s appeal.

It did not end there.

The court slammed Idoko with cost for the outrageous, disgusting and egregious legal voyage.

What? Idoko must pay a cost of one million naira to each of the defendants/respondents.

How much is that? Thirty eight million naira!

Now, Edeoga is running from pillar to post, sweating under the rain.

Edeoga’s Labour Party and his paid social media brigands have now descended on the court, calling the Justices unprintable names for ensuring that justice was served.

Thirty million naira means reducing part of the money they’re using to chase judges all about to procure judgment.

Thirty million naira to the PDP would reduce part of the money LP is borrowing to get black market judgment.

Yet Idoko has been abandoned by Edeoga as information reaching us is that, the loser is now told he’s on his own.

Don’t fight people who are not fighting you, you won’t hear.

Don’t fight those already blessed by God, you accept.

Fighting Peter Mbah is waging war against your creator.

“I will fight those fighting you, and curse those cursing you. Walk and be blameless”.

The victory God has given to Peter Mbah is a blameless victory. It’s a blessing to the good people of Enugu State.