- Court refuses to stop collation of Rivers’ election results
- INEC questions judge’s jurisdiction on post-election matters
- Appeal Court president places election tribunal judges on watch-list
Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Alex Enumah and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
Less than 24 hours after he granted a controversial order, halting the collation of Bauchi State governorship election results, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday dragged Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja before the National Judicial Council (NJC) over alleged violation of the 1999 Constitution as altered and Electoral Act 2010 as altered.
But in a similar case involving Rivers State governorship election, Justice Ekwo yesterday refused to stop the collation of results of Rivers State governorship and House of Assembly election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on March…
