Human rights lawyer and President
of Voters Rights International, Bar. Jezie Ekejiuba, has dragged the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before an Awka Federal High
Court, demanding the postponement of the Saturday’s governorship election.
In the suit marked,
FHC/AWK/CS/154/2017, Ekejiuba said the decision was due to the Commission’s
“disobedience to the subsisting, extant and live Court of Appeal
decisions/judgment orders.”
The suit was contained in a
letter addressed to INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, which DAILY POST obtained on
Monday.
The letter Ekejiuba signed reads,
“I wish to bring to your attention the fact that I have sued your Commission at
the Federal High Court, Awka to enforce the Court of Appeal decision in
Barrister Jezie Ekejiuba v. INEC & Anor Appeal No. CA/E/170/2014 pursuant
to the clear provision of Section 287 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria
as amended.
“The propriety of your
Commission’s disobedience to the subsisting, extant and live Court of Appeal decisions/judgment
orders as contained in my above Court of Appeal judgment which have not been
stayed or set aside by any Court of competent jurisdiction have now been turned
over to the Court for adjudication.
“The Originating Summons Suit No.
FHC/AWK/CS/154/2017 Barrister Jezie Ekejiuba v. INEC filed in Court on 7th
November, 2017 was duly served on your Commission on 10th November, 2017. The
suit coming up for hearing on Tuesday 14th November, 2017 before Hon. Justice
I.B. Oweibo sitting at Court 2 is backed up with applications for interim and
interlocutory injunction.
“I hereby attach the relevant
Court Processes for your information and necessary action. I hope that your
Commission will do the needful in the light of the well-established principle of
law as enunciated in EZEGBU V.
“FATB (1992) 1 NWLR (Part 220)
Page 669 per Niki Tobi JCA (as he then was) which held…”Parties are aware of a
pending Court Process, and whether the Court has not given a specific
injunction order, parties are bound to maintain the status quo pending the
determination of the Court Process. They should, on no account resort to
self-help…”
“Because this Court decision
enforcement interpretation case bore same resemblance with tenure
interpretation case of Peter Obi v. INEC, it is my firm belief that all actions
regarding the conduct of any general election in Nigeria including the Anambra
State governorship election scheduled to be conducted on November 18, 2017 or
any other date be suspended or postponed pending the resolution of the matter
before the Court.”
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