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The Federal High Court sitting successful Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, has nullified the July 2024 section authorities chairmanship and councilorship elections, which produced the existent medication successful the state’s 13 LGAs.
The court, headed by Justice H.I.O. Oshomah, held that the July 2024 elections didn’t conform with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
It truthful voided and cancelled the elections and asked the Ebonyi State Independent National Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) and the authorities government, which are the 2nd and 3rd respondents, not to behaviour further section authorities and councilorship elections successful the authorities but successful accordance with the provisions of the constitution.
The tribunal granted astir of the reliefs sought by counsel for the archetypal plaintiff, Hamilton Ogbodo, and the 2nd plaintiff, Chief Mudi Erhenede, granted a consequential bid connected the matter.
Hamilton Ogbodo, counsel to the 1st plaintiff, Samuel Udeogu, hailed the judgment.
“So, successful effect, the section authorities predetermination conducted successful July 2024 successful Ebonyi State is nary longer there; it has been cancelled by this national precocious tribunal today.
“If the 2nd and 3rd defendants privation to bash what the instrumentality says they should do, they should revert to presumption quo ante bellum and past obey the tribunal order, but we are waiting for them due to the fact that the clip wrong which they tin entreaty this judgement is inactive running, and erstwhile it expires, we volition cognize what to do.
“We expect them to obey the tribunal order. A tribunal bid has sacked the section authorities chairmen. The tribunal has done precisely what the instrumentality says it should bash due to the fact that these things are successful achromatic and white.
He said, “When you don’t privation to obey the law, you know, work it the mode you privation truthful that it tin service your ain goals.”
On his part, Mudi Erhenede, counsel to Isu Amaechi, the 2nd plaintiff successful the matter, said the national precocious tribunal sitting successful Abakaliki, presided implicit by the precocious Justice Fatun Rilman, had nullified the 2022 section authorities and councilorship elections, which the authorities authorities didn’t obey but went up and swore successful radical arsenic elected assembly chairmen and councilors crossed the 13 Local Governments and 171 wards successful the state.
He noted that the 2nd and 3rd defendants filed appeals against Justice Fatun Rilman, which they mislaid pursuing the upholding of his national precocious tribunal judgment.
“This is simply a question of radical who don’t privation to judge successful and obey the regularisation of law.
“The national precocious tribunal nullified the section authorities predetermination conducted successful 2022 and the state, successful defiance of that judgement, proceeded to curse successful immoderate persons arsenic section authorities chairmen”, helium said.
He hailed Tuesday’s Justice Oshomah tribunal ruling connected the 2024 section authorities and councilorship elections successful the authorities and urged the tribunal to marque the judgement disposable arsenic soon arsenic possible.
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