Nigerian High Court judge, Gabriel Kolawole, has granted a bizarre court injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as well as two plaintiffs in a case already decided by the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

On January 29, 2016, the Supreme Court had upheld a ruling of a High Court declaring the Ejike Oguebego-led executive of the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the recognized leadership empowered to conduct primaries in Anambra State. The apex court’s ruling effectively meant that all senators, members of the House and state legislators from Anambra whose names were not submitted by the Oguebego-led executive were not legitimately elected.

The Supreme Court’s verdict meant that Senators Andy Uba and Stella Oduah, as well as such representatives as Anayo Nnebe, Eucharia Azodo, Chris Azubogu, Obinna Chidoka, Linda Ikpeazu, Tony Nwoye and Chukwuka Onyema, had been swept away from their seats in favor of candidates who won primaries conducted by the PDP’s Anambra State executive led by Mr. Oguebego.

A source at INEC told a correspondent of SaharaReporters that, soon after the Supreme Court’s judgment, a consortium of pricey lawyers led by Adegboyega Awomolo stepped in to thwart the implementation of the judgment. Mr. Awomolo and his cohorts pressured INEC not to issue certificates of return to the legitimate candidates presented by Oguebego’s leadership. Our source disclosed that the connivance between INEC lawyers and those hired by Ms. Oduah, a controversial former Aviation Minister, and Andy Uba, who once served as the domestic aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, culminated in another lawsuit initiated by the losing legislators asking the Supreme Court to properly interpret its judgment.

Meanwhile, while awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court on their request, the legislators who lost out filed a case at Justice Kolawole’s Court seeking an interim order stopping INEC from carrying out its statutory duty to withdraw their certificates of return and issue same to the list of candidates presented by the Oguebego executive.

Several lawyers told our correspondent that Justice Kolawole’s decision to grant the orders amounted to “serious judicial rascality,” in the words of one lawyer. Another lawyer said the judgment was likely to land the errant judge in serious trouble with the National Judicial Council (NJC), a body entrusted with the disciplining erring judges.

In a related development, the victorious legislative candidates, who won primaries conducted by the Oguebego-led executive, have filed contempt of court proceedings against INEC on the matter. The plaintiffs in the contempt case include Prince John Emeka.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/02/20/federal-high-court-judge-overrules-supreme-court-grants-order-stop-sack-anambra-senators

That's what happened when you are the judge, d prosecutor, d jury and d accused

Nigerian courts and their numerous problems.

Smh.

I'm confused on this issue..



Lalasticlala, obinoscopy

Oh! my country. Sorry o, it is clearly over. Confusion everywhere.

judicial discombobulation.

The problem is that the supreme court declared the Oguebego Executive as the authentic executive but did not say anything on the election of the people tendered by the fake executive who contested and won the elections. People have only been reading their own implications into the judgment.

Inec CANNOT withdraw the certificate given to oduah and co without an express court order directing them to do so.

The Oguebego case was a pre-election matter dealing with in-house primaries. It had nothing to do with the election itself that brought in Stella oduah and co which can only be heard by an election tribunal.

The Suit filed by Awomolo and Co is for the supreme court to direct on which way to proceed. It would bring a final end to all the confusion we have currently. Justice kolawole's order is for INEC to wait until the supreme court gives a judgment one way or another in the current suit.

People will just berate the judge without understanding the issues. Justice kolawole is not a rookie judge not to have considered all the ramificatons of granting the injunction. And finally, he definitely didn't overrule the supreme court. The person who wrote the title is just being mischievous.

I knew it must be a judge from that side of the Niger

Sunnybobo3:
I knew it must be a judge from that side of the Niger

Yeah, we always decide your people's fate. Lawyers and judge that will argue and decide who represent you in the National assembly are all from that side that you love to hate. learn to live with it.

Sunnybobo3:
I knew it must be a judge from that side of the Niger

You mean the brown envelop lovers? Same people who introduced brown envelop judiciary? Brown envelop journalism? The same people that betrayed abiola over brown envelopes?

wow

Sunnybobo3:
I knew it must be a judge from that side of the Niger

Na wa for you o o.

Only in Nigeria

From the comments above it is clear that folks did not understand the supreme court ruling. The supreme court ruled that the Ejike Oguebego is the authentic PDP executive. That is all.
Now the according to the electoral act and PDP constitution, it is the national exco committee of the PDP that has the right to conduct primaries and this they did. It is also the national exco that has the power to submit lists of party candidates. You can move on from there.

WaHala. If there's no confusion, then it's not Nigeria.

okk

i though the supreme court say it all!

adeaks:
The problem is that the supreme court declared the Oguebego Executive as the authentic executive but did not say anything on the election of the people tendered by the fake executive who contested and won the elections. People have only been reading their own implications into the judgment.

Inec CANNOT withdraw the certificate given to oduah and co without an express court order directing them to do so.

The Oguebego case was a pre-election matter dealing with in-house primaries. It had nothing to do with the election itself that brought in Stella oduah and co which can only be heard by an election tribunal.

The Suit filed by Awomolo and Co is for the supreme court to direct on which way to proceed. It would bring a final end to all the confusion we have currently. Justice kolawole's order is for INEC to wait until the supreme court gives a judgment one way or another in the current suit.

People will just berate the judge without understanding the issues. Justice kolawole is not a rookie judge not to have considered all the ramificatons of granting the injunction. And finally, he definitely didn't overrule the supreme court. The person who wrote the title is just being mischievous.

Thumbs up!!! We really need a clear conclusion on this matter.

Nothing. Good come from ipob

Truly this is judicial rascality!

Rubbish...

He is in order

Toor Shikena.

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ok,

Sunnybobo3:
I knew it must be a judge from that side of the Niger

Sunday Ukwungum, tribal bigotry is making you run mad. What a shame.

What kinda country is this?

Derz dz poster sum steps above me, he must ve had a really rough childhood..

Only in Nigeria.

See what Bubu has turned Nigerian judiciary to.

what a farce