A Federal High Court in Abuja declined on Wednesday, the request by the African Action Congress (AAC) for an order of interim injunction restraining ...
A Federal High Court in Abuja declined on Wednesday, the request by the African Action Congress for an order of interim injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from among others, announcing winners of the last governorship and State Assembly elections in Rivers State.
INEC and the People’s Democratic Party were listed as respondents in the motion which was filed on March 18 this year. Shortly after, Tawo informed the court about the pending ex-parte motion filed by has clients, which the judge declined. The plaintiffs had, in the motion ex-parte, prayed the court for “an order directing a departure from the Rules of this honourable court for the abridgment oi time for the respondents to enter appearance and file their defence within seven days from the date of service of the originating processes on them”.
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