Politics
Court Orders INEC To Include SDP On Ballot Papers For Kogi Gubernatorial Poll
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate, Natasha Akpoti, in the ballot for Kogi governorship election.
The commission noted the judgment had compelled it to include the party and its candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial poll in the state.
The commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Friday.
He noted that Justice Folashade Ogunbiyi-Giwa of the Federal High Court Abuja, in her judgment on a suit no FHC/ABJ/CS/1129/2019 has ordered INEC to include the party and its candidate in the Nov. 16, governorship election in the state.
INEC however, stressed that the judgment would not affect the date of the poll.
He said “The Court did not compel the commission to postpone the election. The Court ordered the Commission to put the Party on the ballot and we will comply.
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“The Commission has consistently maintained that it will obey all Orders and Judgments from Courts of competent jurisdiction whether it agrees or disagrees with such judgments.
“However, the commission has a duty and responsibility to appeal against this judgment given its far reaching constitutional and legal implications on the constitutional and regulatory powers of the commission.
“The reasoning, context and tenor of the judgement will have far reaching negative consequences on the electoral process and will further deepen impunity in the political and electoral processes.”
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