Appeal Court in Owerri has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Peoples Democratic Party from going on to conduct a rerun primary election of the PDP for the Aboh Mbaise/ Ngor Okpala federal constituency of the state.
In giving orders, the Justice said, “Accordingly, it is hereby ordered as follows, that the order of this honourable court made on January 20, 2023, ordering a fresh primary election for Aboh Mbaise/ Ngor Okpala federal constituency of Imo State pending the hearing and final determination of the applicants appeal before the supreme court on the propriety of the said order of fresh primary be and is hereby stayed.
“Consequently, by this order, the first and second respondents are hereby restrained from enforcing in any way whatever the judgement of this court delivered on 20th of January, 2023, by way of conducting a fresh primary election for Aboh Mbaise/ Ngor Okpala federal constituency.”All rights reserved.
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