Court restrains INEC from conducting supplementary gov’ship election

A state high court in Yola has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting the supplementary governorship election for which it scheduled March 23 in Adamawa State.

The Adamawa State High Court, presided by Justice Abdulaziz Waziri, granted an interim injunction barring INEC from conducting the supplementary polls in the 44 polling units where voting either did not hold during the March 9 governorship election or was cancelled
The high court judgement was sequel to a suit filed by the governorship candidate of the Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRRD), Rev Eric Theman, who questioned non-inclusion of his party logo for the governorship election by INEC.

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What ever they do, how ever dey do it, it shall never be well with him/her/them who wants to upturn the people's will.

Atiku will be like...

APC Court... No court can stop INEC from conducting elections.

PDP has already raised alarm about this before, see their statement below

At a press briefing in Yola on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had accused Governor Jibrilla Bindow of planning to use the MRPD to scuttle the supplementary election through unnecessary legal bottlenecks.

"It has come to our attention the desperate moves by the leadership of Adamawa state government to upturn the mandate of the people,” it said.

“One of the alleged moves is to lobby the presidency to cause the State High Court to slam INEC with an order of injunction restraining the electoral body from conducting the supplementary election and cancel the entire elections.

"They intend to use a governorship Candidate who allegedly claimed that the logo of his party was omitted on the ballot in the last governorship election to file a case before the state High Court.”



However, Kashim Gaidam, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC reacted thus: “For your information court orders cannot stop elections.

“Having said that, only INEC at the national office, can respond to any matter involving court orders.”

Professor Andrew Haruna declared the Adamawa State governorship election inconclusive, citing the slim margin of 32,476 votes between while cancelled ballots amounted to 40,988.

Ahmed Umar Fintiri, candidate of the PDP had polled 367,471 votes, while the incumbent governor, Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 334,995 votes.

What? now they are using the judiciary

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Lol, iffa slap you

All these usel3ss ppl sef! Which 1 come be MRRP?

Confusion break bone Yepa!

The worst and most inconclusive INEC Chairman in the history of the country. Maybe after Iwu. We may need to reconsider the use of academias as election umpires. Not all professors are smart as you think. Smartness is an attribute.

Richdad

What happened in Yugoslavia in 1928 about to repeat itself again.

Rebirth of History

Frivolous judgement! You did not give judgement to stop the main election but you want to stop a supplementary election where PDP is leading?
APC is a criminal organization!

Democracy at war in Nigeria

hollistarMOB:
Lol, iffa slap you

Yes you've goat to be kidneying me.

They want the military administrator to take over

So, what's the implications of this judgement? PDP was already winning as at the last count, so they are more favoured.

All thanks to Mamhood Yakubu Buhari, the Chairman of the Inconclusive National Electoral Commission.

This INEC is the problem that we have in this country.

INEC Chairman is Highly Corrupt!!!

Read before u comment and use your brain independently.


If u are a biology student, the consequence of not using an organ is that it will stop functioning.


If u stop using ur brain just to copy and paste what people think or believe, u might not have a brain to call ur own.

id911:
APC Court... No court can stop INEC from conducting elections.

PDP has already raised alarm about this before, see their statement below

At a press briefing in Yola on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had accused Governor Jibrilla Bindow of planning to use the MRPD to scuttle the supplementary election through unnecessary legal bottlenecks.

"It has come to our attention the desperate moves by the leadership of Adamawa state government to upturn the mandate of the people,” it said.

“One of the alleged moves is to lobby the presidency to cause the State High Court to slam INEC with an order of injunction restraining the electoral body from conducting the supplementary election and cancel the entire elections.

"They intend to use a governorship Candidate who allegedly claimed that the logo of his party was omitted on the ballot in the last governorship election to file a case before the state High Court.”

Guy,stop talking nonsense.you dont even know the law.since the party logo wasn't included,it means a court can nullify the elections and order inec to conduct a new one

wrong moves

Charly68:
They want the military administrator to take over

Not so.they want the elections canceled and a new one conducted with that party logo included

APC and drama! You have lost, go and rest! As Amaechi wan die on top unknown AAC for Rivers, these ones want to formulate MRP. Why didn't he raise this action before the March 9 elections? Rubbish and ingredients. After sleeping on your right you want to benefit from your indolence abi? Equity will not aid the indolent.

senatordave1:

Guy,stop talking nonsense.you dont even know the law.since the party logo wasn't included,it means a court can nullify the elections and order inec to conduct a new one

The crisis and chaos you guys are looking for will consume you all

slivertongue:
wrong moves

Stop this.they are on the right path.non inclusion of a party logo in an election renders it null and void

id911:



The crisis and chaos you guys are looking for will consume you all

So what of the crisis caused through non inclusion of the party

freeze001:
APC and drama! You have lost, go and rest! As Amaechi wan die on top unknown AAC for Rivers, these ones want to formulate MRP. Why didn't he raise this action before the March 9 elections? Rubbish and ingredients. After sleeping on your right you want to benefit from your indolence abi? Equity will not aid the indolent.

The law backs him.moreover he didnt know until the day of elections when his party was missing from the ballot.if his party was duly cleared for the election and inec omitted them from the ballot papers without any legal backing,then the polls is null and void

senatordave1:

So what of the crisis caused through non inclusion of the party

So the useless party just noticed it now ba since APC can not get enough votes to make them win Adamawa in the supplementary election? Why didn't they go to court in the main election when they noticed it?

senatordave1:

Stop this.they are on the right path.non inclusion of a party logo in an election renders it null and void

dey av a case but after inec completes her assignment

Imagine how elections have become sham under INEC under the moribund APC govt.