The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has vowed to go ahead with the supplementary governorship
election slated for March 23.
A high court in Yola, the state
capital, had restrained the commission from conducting the exercise based on a
suit filed by Mustafa Shaba, governorship candidate of the Movement For
Restoration and Defense for Democracy (MRDD).
Shaba had sued the commission
over the absence of his party’s logo on the ballot paper of Saturday’s election
that was declared inconclusive.
“I hereby grant the following
order: ‘the defendant the INEC is restrain whether by themselves, their
executives, servants, privies, representative, nominees or any other person or
persons from proceeding with the supplementary election in respect of Adamawa
pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice,” Abdulazeez
Waziri,” the presiding judge, held.
He adjourned the matter till 21
March and ordered that all parties to the suit be served.
But speaking with journalists,
Kassim Gaidam, resident electoral commissioner of Adamawa, said nothing will
stop INEC from conducting the supplementary poll.
“Going by the electoral act, even
court orders cannot stop any election at this point. Although we are not aware
of any court restraining INEC, however let me tell you that court order will
not stop any election. ”
Gaidam cited sec 87 sub (10), of
the electoral act to buttress his point.
The section states: “Nothing in
this section shall empower the court to stop the holding of primaries or
General Election or the processes thereof under this Act pending the
determination of the suit.”
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