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JUST IN! COURT BARS INEC FROM COLLATING RIVERS ELECTION RESULTS

JUST IN! COURT BARS INEC FROM COLLATING RIVERS ELECTION RESULTS

A Federal High Court in Abuja Tuesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to stop the collation and announcement of the result of the governorship and House of assembly elections in Rivers State held on March 9, 2019.
The Commission had moved to resume the collation of the result that had been previously suspended after it was alleged that the AAC Candidate was leading in the results  so far declared at the various collations centers  by the INEC returning .
There was a disruption of the collation process at some collation centers which led to the suspension  of results for the elections. The commission on  had announced the resumption of the result collation process after considering a report from its fact-finding –committee put in place to ascertain remote causes of violence that led to the suspension of the process.
However, Justice Iyang Ewa, ordered the Commission to halt its proceedings based on an ex parte application filed by AAC  Candidates.
The applicant prayed the court for an order of Interim Injunction restraining INEC from resuming, collating  or announcing the result of the suspended elections in Rivers State in respect of the election to the office of Governor and the Houses of Assembly
Inyang Ewa ordered INEC to appear before the court on Friday for hearing of the suit filed against it by the AAC and its candidate in the election.
Inyang  affirmed that the court will give its final order after it concludes the suits brought before it by the plaintiffs.
Although INEC represented, by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ransome uwa, approached the court with a motion challenging its jurisdiction.
But the Counsel to the plaintiffs, mohammed Abali, however, objected to the application of INEC, informing the court that the order issued on Monday asking the electoral body to show cause why the requests of the plaintiffs should not be granted had not been obeyed.
The judge, however, ordered electoral umpire to halt the proceedings till the court give the final order.

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