The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had on May 11, 2020 dismissed the application filed by SERAP seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel the CCB to make available to the public specific details of asset declarations submitted to it by successive presidents, vice-presidents, senate presidents, speakers of House of Representatives, state governors and their deputies since 1999.”
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On December 29, 2019, it will be exactly four years that you have been re-arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services. Since that disheartening day in 2015, you have been clamped in illegal detention, in utter disregard for the rule of law and unconcealed contempt for court orders directing your release from unlawful custody. (https://cutt.ly/dasukibails)
The 5-member penal of the appellate court, which upheld the decision of the Justice H.A. Suleman-led Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, ruled that Useni failed to prove his allegations of forgery and electoral irregularities against Lalong and INEC respectively.
The four-man panel in a unanimous decision upheld Tambuwal’s election after dismissing the Appeal filed by the Appellant and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu for lacking in merit.
Emmanuel Jime of the All Progressives Congress had challenged the return of Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party by the Independent National Electoral Commission on the grounds of substantial noncompliance with the provisions of Electoral Act, 2010 as amended.
The appeals were filed against the judgment of the Imo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld the election of Ihedioha.
Recall that on September 21, 2019, the Governorship Election Tribunal affirmed Ihedioha’s victory in the March 9, 2019 elections.
The Chairman of the Panel, Justice R.N Pemu, who read the judgment, said the election that took Onwubuariri of the Peoples Democratic Party to the House of Representatives on February 23 was not in tandem with the Electoral Act of 2010, as amended.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has granted a stay of execution of the ruling of…
A five- member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyanwu, in unanimous judgment dismissed the appeal for lack of merit and upheld the judgment of the lower tribunal.
The Council of İbadan Mogajis (Chiefs) has urged the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, to keep his focus on the good service he is rendering in the state despite the controversy engineered by some political forces in respect of the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the petition filed against his election.
The party insisted on Thursday that in spite of a Federal High Court judgment that nullified the party’s governorship primary of September 4, 2019, the party would participate.
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, disqualified Degi-Eremienyo, for submitting false information to Independent National Electoral Commission.
The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said this in a statement in Uyo on Wednesday.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate Great Ogboru against the election of Ifeanyi Okowa as Governor of Delta.
The Ogun State Elections Petitions Tribunal had dismissed the suit filed by Akinlade, saying the petition lacks merit.
Also dismissed by the appellate court was the appeal filed by John-Bull Shekarau (PDP) against Rep Alphonsus Komsol for Shendam/Mikang/Qua’an Pan Federal Constituency, whose victory for February 23 polls was upheld by the tribunal.
The Chairman of the panel, Justice R.A. Ada, said that the appeals by Senators Osita Izunaso of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and Jones Onyereri of the Peoples Democratic Party against Okorocha lacked merit.
Adeyeye, until his sack, was representing Ekiti South Senatorial District.
Useni had earlier filed a Notice of Appeal against the judgement of the Justices H. A. Saleeman, B. C. Iheka and K. I. Ahmed of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal delivered on October 2, 2019 in Jos.