The absence of a witness on Tuesday stalled the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) from opening its defence in the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) Governorship candidate.
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The legal team described as strange the failure of the state Governor, Dr Alex Otti to produce his National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) discharge certificate or exemption letter.
He is challenging the declaration of Peter Mbah as the winner of the March 18 governorship Election in Enugu State.
He said that election observers, both local and international, were accredited by INEC to observe elections under specific rules and regulations.
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Emmanuel Alex-Hart, who said this on Wednesday in Yenagoa, said the retreat was to reassess the just conducted 2023 general elections.
A former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to link voters’ register
The suit was filed by Chief Demesuoyefa Kolomo, a member of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC),
Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order after Michael Aondoaka, SAN, counsel to Dahiru, moved the ex-parte motion to the effect.
Ononamadu, who is a Democracy and Development Consultant to Citizens Centre for Integrated Development and Social Right (CCIDESOR), made the call in a media interaction in Enugu Friday.
The Labour Party governorship candidate immediately rejected the judgment, saying he would appeal against it.
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National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the charges were filed before a High Court sitting in Yola.
The PDP and Atiku are also challenging the outcome of the February 25 election in which Tinubu emerged the winner by the the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.
Yakubu stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during the commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners.
This is in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku.
The matter, which was scheduled for hearing, could not proceed after lawyer to the APC, Denis Otiotio, called the attention of Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, to the absence of INEC’s counsel in court.
The allegation was made by the Manager of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Oseloka H. Obaze, in a statement.
It had two weeks ago issued a 14-day ultimatum to him to step aside or be democratically and legally forced to do so.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, revealed this.
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