The Supreme Court has adjourned till March hearing in the application by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for a review of a judgment that barred the party’s candidate from participating in the governorship election in the state.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko, adjourned the matter after observing that some of the respondents in the case had not been served with the hearing notices.

Specifically, respondents 140-178 were not represented in court by counsel.

When the matter was called, Chief Robert Clarke announced appearance for the APC, while Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Taminu Inuwa (SAN) and Dr Adekunle Otituju announced appearance for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 140th and 180th respondents, respectively.

The 141st to 178 respondents were not represented in court as a result of service. Meanwhile, the court has ordered that hearing notices be issued to them before the next adjourned date.

This is the second time the application by the APC for a review will be coming before the court.

When the matter first came up on July 29, 2019, the apex court rejected the application.

A five-man panel of the court, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, in a ruling early on Monday, struck out the application marked: SC/377/2019 filed by the APC, seeking a review of the judgment.

The court rejected an effort by the counsel to the APC, Robert Clarke (SAN), to take a second look at the decision given earlier this year.

The decision was handed down by the apex court on July 29, 2019.

Reacting to the ruling, the lead counsel to the appellant, Robert Clarke, said the decision of the court was based on technicalities, stressing that the merits of his application were not looked into.

He added that he would tighten the loose ends that the judgment pointed out and submit his application again.

Chief Clarke had approached the Supreme Court to review its earlier judgment on the Zamfara governorship election.

On May 24, Justice Adamu Galunje of the Supreme Court held that the APC never conducted its primaries, a judgment that made the election of all the candidates who took part in the exercise null and void.

The court held that the Court of Appeal in Sokoto was right when it agreed with the respondents that the APC did not conduct primaries in Zamfara.

It added that the party that has no candidate cannot be said to have won an election, hence the votes cast for the APC in the election were wasted votes

ainas247:
With the increments of court cases on Election, please educate me,
can INEC be trusted again?

Meanwhile, if you have a business website,
let's rank it to Google page 1
see client result

Zubydeangelo:
Under this government, our apex court don turn to court of appeal. I weep for Nigeria my country...

Kiddinpoh:
I just hate anything politics in Nigeria..

Abbycite:


Is not really an appeal.....the supreme court will review the judgement and whatever their decision will be, it won't affect the execution of the previous judgment.

References:


Don't blame INEC, blame the politicians....

Sunnycliff:


Is that so? They are then trying to forestall a precedence

Abbycite:


Is not really an appeal.....the supreme court will review the judgement and whatever their decision will be, it won't affect the execution of the previous judgment.

fergie001:
https://www.sunnewsonline.com/zamfara-apc-supreme-court-adjourns-application-for-review-of-judgment-march-2/

Deepthoughts:
The only request for supreme Court judgement review known to the public all along was the pdp case in IMO then all of a sudden the media is full of numerous Apc requests,I hope the Apc is not about to unleash the fraud they are known for through the use of federal might, with a character like oshiomole n the tendency of buhari to look away when it benefits his cause,Apc should never be underrated.