From GODWIN TSA, Abuja


A Federal High court sitting in Abuja yesterday
stopped the Independent National Electoral
Commission [INEC] from publishing names of
nominees of the Peoples Democratic Party
[PDP] for national and state Assemblies
election from Ondo State.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed issued the
preservative order after listening to contempt
proceedings initiated against the electoral
body by the Olu Agunloye-led executive and
some aspirants to the House of
Representatives.

The contempt proceedings against INEC, the
PDP national body, its National Chairman,
Alhaji Ahmed Mu’azu and the National
Secretary, Prof. Wole Oladipo emanated from
an order of the court directing them to relate
with the Ondo State PDP executive headed by
Dr. Olu Agunloye in respect to the conduct of
primary elections.

But rather than complied with the said order of
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, the alleged
contemptnors received two lists of nominees
from the PDP national body and the plaintiffs.
In moving the application for contempt on
behalf of the plaintiffs, Prince Ajibola Oluyede
insisted that INEC violated the order of the
court made on December 18, 2014.

However, counsel to INEC, Ibrahim Bawa,
argued that the commission was not in
contempt of any order of court as there was
no order stopping INEC from receiving
nomination list from the PDP national body.
Besides, he argued that the electoral body
acted in accordance with the provisions of
Section 31 of the Electoral Act 2010.

“We are only guided by the position of the law
that we should receive nomination list of
candidates from the national headquarters of
political parties,” he said.

In his ruling, Justice Mohammed held that
“none of the parties should do anything that
would render the subject matter of the suit a
nugatory till Tuesday, January 6, 2015.”

Justice Mohammed, however, declined to
pronounce on the contempt in view of the fact
that there were divergent interpretations on
the order issued by Justice Ademola by both
counsel.

However, he said in view of the urgency of the
matter and the time limit for submission of
candidates’ list, there was the need to preserve
the subject matter of the suit.

Justice Ademola of a Federal High Court had
earlier sacked the executive of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) put in place by
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State after
he defected to the party.

Source : sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=97920

The Beginning of the end!

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Na that one hard? Go to another Court and pay the bill then the vacate the order.

That's Nigeria Judiciary for you.
Hardly will two courts or Judges held the same view because of the bill.