JUST IN: Appeal Court Orders Election Petition Tribunal In Ebonyi To Move Proceedings To Abuja

• Ebonyi election petition tribunal has been instructed by Appeal Court President to transfer proceedings to Abuja.

• Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal, Monica Mensem issued the directive on Wednesday.

• The Appeal Court order is also extended to the Election Petition Tribunals of Rivers State and another state.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Election Petition Tribunal of Ebonyi State has been instructed to relocate to the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja immediately.

The directive was given by Monica Mensem, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal. Secretary of the Tribunal, Nyior Henry Sekulla announced this in Abakaliki on Wednesday.

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According to him, as a result of the directive, the Election Petition Tribunal office located at the Ebonyi State Judiciary Headquarters in Abakaliki has been closed down.

He said all processes relating to matters before the Tribunal will continue at Abuja.

He said: “The Honourable Justice Monica Dongban Mensem, President Court of Appeal – HPCA has through the Deputy Chief Registrar, Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) Headquarters Abuja, directed the relocation of EPT sitting here to FCT Abuja”

“Therefore, in compliance with the HPCA directives, the petitioners, counsel to parties and general public is hereby informed via this medium that, the EPT sitting here in Abakaliki thereby cease to operate in Abakaliki as at 26-04-23; filings of processes, taking of proceedings etc. shall henceforth continue at Abuja”.

On the reason for the decision to move the Tribunal to Abuja, Mr Henry said it is not within his powers to speak on the reasons.

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He acknowledged that not only the Ebonyi State Election Petition Tribunal is affected by the relocation order, but also the ones in Rivers State and one other state.

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