BREAKING: PDP drags Justice Inyang to NJC for stopping collation of Bauchi gov election result NigeriaDecides
The Peoples Democratic Party has petitioned the National Judicial Council over what it called the violation of the Constitution and Electoral Act by Justice Ekwo Inyang of the Federal High Court by sitting on a matter that it said ought to have been handled by an election petition tribunal, as created by the provisions of our laws.
In an affidavit sworn to by the PDP’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, in Abuja on Tuesday, the party noted that issues of collation of results and declaration of winner, is a post-election event and, therefore, falls under the Electoral Act and Constitutional provisions for the election petition tribunal.
“That the collation of results is a post-election event and under section 87 of the Electoral Act, no court has the power or jurisdiction to stop any election pending the determination of a suit.“That as a result of the order on the Independent National Electoral Commission, the conclusion of the Bauchi State Governorship election which was to take place on 19th March 2019 was stalled.
“That the Chief Justice of Nigeria has constituted the various Election Petition Tribunals in Nigeria to handle such cases and the assumption of jurisdiction by Justice Inyang Ekwo is an affront to the constitution and electoral wishes of the people of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area and Bauchi State.”
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