[BREAKING] Court orders National Assembly to stop election re-ordering bill
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the National Assembly to stop taking any further actions on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 , which seeks to provide the order in which the Independent National Electoral Commission must conduct the 2019 general elections .
The restraining order issued by Justice Ahmed Mohammed is to last till March 17, which is the next hearing date .
Delivering ruling on an oral application by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), lawyer to the plaintiff, Accord Party, Justice Mohammed held that the restraining order was made to preserve the substance of the main suit.
President Muhammadu Buhari had, on Tuesday, informed the National Assembly that he had withheld his assent to the bill which was earlier passed by both chambers of the National Assembly.
There have been threats by some legislators that the National Assembly would evoke its powers under Section 58 (5) of the Constitution to override the President ’ s withholding of assent by two- thirds majority votes of both chambers .
The oral application by Olanipekun for a “preservative order” was opposed by the counsel representing the National Assembly, Chinelo Ogbozor, during Wednesday ’ s proceedings.
The Attorney- General of the Federation , the second defendant to the suit, was not represented by a counsel.
But INEC, the third respondent, was represented by its lawyer , Mr. Taminu Inuwa, who said he had no objection to the application.
Ruling , the judge held that the National Assembly was not likely to suffer any prejudice if it was restrained from going ahead with the amendment processes before the next hearing date .
He added that on the other hand, if no restraining order was issued and the National Assembly went ahead to exercise its powers under Section 58 (5) of the Constitution by overriding the President ’ s withholding of assent, the essence of the whole suit would have been defeated .
The judge therefore ordered all parties to maintain the “ status quo . ”
He fixed Tuesday for the hearing of the motion for the interlocutory injunction, the same order which was granted during the Wednesday ’s proceedings but would likely last till the final determination of the suit if the application succeeds .
The Accord Party is , by its suit, challenging the constitutionality of the ongoing amendment of the Electoral Act .

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Children below spewing nonsense about what they have no knowledge about should go and take back seat and allow their senior wailers to come front.

If you think PMB has time over election reordering then you need to wake up from you slumber. If the senate like let them bring election tomorrow without campaign PMB will still win.

The problem about the reordering of election is between the senators and the reps. Many of them attained the seat with Sai Baba popularity, these are the people that are against the reordering.
The people championing it are the likes of Dino Melaye, Shehu Sani knowing fully if they did not take a bow from their respective governors they may not be return to the senate.

As for PMB, Baba is unshakable.

NASS, INEC and Court, Baba no get una time. Fully prepared Abu Zahra.

Still moving as planned, nothing new. Case keep running till 2029.

if they can use judiciary, what is INEC in their tool box?

Opposition that would take power from APC is in APC. Not in PDP, 3rdF or SDP.

Wanti tun bere pelu orisirisi court injunctions.

Only a political beginner will think that National Assembly will succed on this, from the onset I saw the move as dead on arrival.
Wait for a serious in house fight in the senate from next month, the betrayals most of you will see is gonna shock you. The time for politicians to answer there fathers name is close.

OK. Lets see where it will end to.

Saraki and his fellow clowns at the Senate should please stop the election reordering joke. It is never going to work. The senators cannot legislate their way back to the Senate. The power to order election belongs to INEC and only INEC. National assembly cannot be allowed to usurp the powers and independence of INEC.

Useless judicial dominated by Buhari brothers. What a useless to tell legislators to stop their constitutional right.

I thought PMB and APC are popular enough to win any election however, whenever, wherever. Shame on you senseless propagandist and lying liars of this generation.

Useless order by an incompetent Justice Ahmed Mohammed! The Court has no power whatsoever to stop the National Assembly from carrying out their constitutional responsibilities.


Everyone knows that except the illiterates, even my unborn child in the womb knows that the Court has exceeded its judicial mandate.


The Electoral Act has always been altered or more appropriately, amended by the National Assembly depending on how the majority sees it. In 1999, Presidential election came last and nobody made noise about it so why the sudden and loud noise on this one?

COURT HAS NO POWER OVER NASS.


COURT HAS EXCEEDED ITS JUDICIAL MANDATE.


CORRUPT JUDGES, THUNDER FIRE ALL OF UNA. BASTARDS!

Black Market court order. What a shiithole.

kimjongJezebel:
Useless order by an incompetent Justice Ahmed Mohammed! The Court has no power whatsoever to stop the National Assembly from carrying out their constitutional responsibilities.


Everyone knows that except the illiterates.


The elections Electoral Act has always been altered or more appropriately, amended by the National Assembly depending on how the majority sees it. In 1999, Presidential election came last and nobody made noise about it so why the sudden and loud noise on this one?

I wonder for Buhari's rudderless govt. The order is akin to ordering a mango tree to stop producing mango fruits.
Nigeria is now a Pariah country no thanks to Jubril buhari's destructive govt.

k

What does this reordering bill means?
How does it affect Buhari?
Why is Buhari afraid of it?

I need answers....

Ok

Buhari hates to be challenged so i'm not in any way surprised. He is a tyrant and a dictator hiding under democracy

The tyrant is truly afraid and badly shaken

Same tyrant that started making excuses from day one is now not bothered about his age and inability to perform.

Talk about the most selfish individual in the country. His personal comfort supersede the overall interest of the country.

How will you issue an order preventing NASS from doing its job?
The judge might as well declare an indefinite holiday for them.
This is a poor tactic by Buhari to drag the re-ordering bill till 2019.
He must however know that other people can also procure a court injunction.

No court can stop NASS from doing it work. The outcome might be challenged but making laws or amending laws is the exclusive rights duty of NASS.

hammer6U:
COURT HAS NO POWER OVER NASS.


COURT HAS EXCEEDED ITS JUDICIAL MANDATE.


CORRUPT JUDGES, THUNDER FIRE ALL OF UNA. BASTARDS!

Before you rant and throw tantrums the same court was used by previous administration to stop NASS.

Battle of supremacy

Why using court to stop NAS are u scared @presidency ?

odiegwu

Same court that ordered the release of El zakky, dasuki n co right?

Lawless geographical area

While I think the courts have no power to determine what the NASS does as far as this election re-ordering is concerned, I wonder why their lawyer went there in the first place

It seems Nigerian courts do not know that it's not all suits they can entertain. How can you stop the national assembly from doing their constitutional duty of law-making. And smartly, APC is using a very unknown party to run this errand. Maybe very soon a stranger will go to court to prevent another person from going ahead to wed and the court will give an order to suspend the wedding until the suit has been determined.

Okoroawusa:

so u don't know that a court order can stop a wedding?

The courts will be going beyond their jurisdiction, if they do that. And by the way, I wrote "stranger" - someone who has no connection at all with either the groom or the bride and just wanted to test the powers of the court.

mcheew