A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to release the result of the February 23, 2019 National Assembly election for the Ajeromi-Ifelodum Federal Constituency of Lagos State.

The Justice Bello Kawu-led court also barred INEC from conducting a re-run poll for the constituency until the results already announced at the various polling units and collated alongside the result of the presidential election are declared in accordance with the extant provision of section 69 and 71 of the Electoral Act 2010.

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Kawu gave the order while delivering judgment, in a suit marked FCT/HC/CV/1252/19, brought before him by one Hon. Rita Orji and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Justice Kawu held that any attempt by the electoral body to go ahead with the planned re-run election in the constituency without first declaring the already collated election results will over-reach the two applicants and other contestants for the House of Representatives seat for the constituency.

Respondents in the suit are........continue reading: https://www.newsvib.com/2019/04/lagos-election-court-rules-on-results-task-inec.html