A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the National Voter Register to the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC)
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from releasing the National Voter Register to the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission for the purpose of conducting the September 21 local government elections in Kwara State. The court also stopped KWSIEC and the state Attorney General from receiving,…
Justice Peter Lifu issued the restraining order on Monday in Abuja while delivering a ruling in an ex-parte application brought before him by the Peoples Democratic Party .In the ruling, Justice Lifu restrained the Inspector General of Police and the State Security Service from participating in or providing security protection for the conduct of local government elections in Kwara pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by PDP for an interlocutory injunction.
It alleged that the 2nd defendant has applied to the 1st defendant for the Register of Voters for Kwara State for use in the conduct of the Kwara State Local Government Council election, which the party said, is in breach and violation of the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 , the Electoral Act, 2022, and Kwara State Local Government Electoral Law, 2024.
Justice Lifu, after scrutinising the irresistible exhibits tendered by PDP in support of the ex-parte application, ordered all the defendants in the suit to maintain the status quo ante bellum pending the hearing and determination of the Plaintiff’s Motion on Notice for an Interlocutory Injunction. However, Justice Lifu ordered PDP to enter into a fresh undertaking to indemnify the five defendants at a cost that will be assessed by the court in case its application turns out to be frivolous and ought not to have been granted by the court.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
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