The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will comply with a court request suspending the Adamawa strengthening governorship race.
INEC expressed this on Thursday evening amid a preparation by its representative, Festus Okoye.
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17. Consequently, the supplementary elections will proceed as scheduled on Saturday 23 March in the other 15 Local Government Areas of Bauchi state as well as the Kirfi State Constituency Supplementary Election in Kirfi Local Government Area.
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18. Similarly, the Adamawa State High court issued an injunction restraining the Commission from proceeding with the supplementary election following the application by the Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD),...
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PREMIUM TIMES revealed how a High Court in Adamawa on Thursday requested the inconclusive deferment of the governorship decision in the state.
The judge, Abdul-azeez Waziri, said the surveys ought to be put on hold until he administers on an application for an interlocutory directive banning INEC from gathering information.
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The judge at that point suspended the issue to Tuesday to give the decision.
While Speaking on Thursday, Mr Okoye said INEC would claim the order to guarantee it is lifted. Pending when it prevails on that, be that as it may, the commission would comply with the request and suspend the governorship decision in Adamawa inconclusively.
“While the commission has also complied with the order, it has equally taken steps to vacate this and dismiss the action,” Mr Okoye said.
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Adamawa is one of six states where INEC announced the governorship race uncertain in light of the fact that the edge of triumph was not exactly the dropped votes in each state. The other five are Benue, Bauchi, Plateau, Kano and Sokoto.
The advantageous governorship decisions are set to hold in the staying five states on Saturday.
Also, while the beneficial governorship race in Adamawa will be deferred, INEC says it will hold races in two state get together voting public in the state.
The two constituencies where authoritative races will hold are; Uba/Gaya and Nassarawo/Binyeri in Hong and Mayo-Belwa neighborhood government regions separately.
The Nassarawo-Binueri State Assembly election was deferred due to the death of the APC candidate before the election while the Uba/Gaya State Assembly election could not be concluded on March 9 due to the cancellation of results in some polling units.
“So in relation to Adamawa State, we are going to hold elections in two state constituency.
“Notwithstanding the legal action against the supplementary election, elections will hold in Nasarawa LGA in Myobawa constituents where the election had to be countermanded following the death of a candidate before the polls as well as the Uba/ Gaya state constituency,” Mr Okoye said.
The Adamawa governorship election held on March 9 was declared inconclusive by the electoral commission because the margin of victory was less than the cancelled votes in the state.
Before this decision, Mr Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was leading his closest challenger, incumbent governor Umar Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
A political party, the Movement for Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD) and its supposed candidate, Eric Theman, had asked a state high court to cancel the election on the grounds that the party’s logo was not on the ballot paper.
Source: Premium Times
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