By Ikechukwu Nnochiri


The All Progressives Congress, APC, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court, seeking an order to permit its candidates to participate in the forthcoming general elections in Zamfara State.

The party, in the suit it lodged before the Federal High Court in Abuja, further applied for an order of perpetual injunction to restrain INEC from giving effect to the content of a letter with Reg. No. lNEC/SEC/654/1/330 and dated October 9, which foreclosed it from presenting candidates in Zamfara for failing to conduct its primaries within the stipulated time.

Meanwhile, the court has fixed December 11 to commence hearing on the matter. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu okayed the case for hearing on Friday after she joined the governorship aspirant of APC in the state, Senator Garba Marafa and a senatorial aspirant, Alhaji Siraju, as well as seven other chieftains of the party, as defendants in the suit.

Specifically, APC, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1279/2018, prayed the court to declare that INEC’s letter purporting to exclude the party from presenting and submitting the list of its candidates for the forthcoming election in Zamfara state scheduled for 2019, is null, void, ultra vires and of no effect having regards to the provisions of sections 31(1) and 86(2), (3) and (4) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).

“A declaration that by virtue of section 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and section 31(1) of the Electoral Act (as amended), the defendant lacks the power to refuse to collect the name of the plaintiff’s candidates for Zamfara state presented and to be submitted to it not later than 60 days before the election scheduled for February 2019.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/2019-apc-drags-inec-to-court-insists-on-participating-in-zamfara-elections/


lalasticlala, mynd44

Good for them....

they should let it go, oshilomo is the one that caused all these, he kept tampering with the order of things, now a key state, senate and rep gone to pdp for 4 years, if this was abia, i wouldnt care self but its zamfara but if we can bully inec to have our way, i wouldnt mind, anything to keep pdp away from power, i will support it 100% rigging and all, as long as its against pdp


pdp rigged elections for 16years, we have an outstanding balance of 12years



when i see 5% crying
[img]https://media1./images/c036f8d3f79f77342ac25eacc94b485e/tenor.gif[/img]

iamJ:
they should let it go, oshilomo is the one that caused all these, he kept tampering with the order of things, now a key state, senate and rep gone to pdp for 4 years, if this was abia, i wouldnt care self but its zamfara but if we can bully inec to have our way, i wouldnt mind, anything to keep pdp away from power, i will support it 100% rigging and all, as long as its against pdp


pdp rigged elections for 16years, we have an outstanding balance of 12years



when i see 5% crying
[img]https://media1./images/c036f8d3f79f77342ac25eacc94b485e/tenor.gif[/img]

it is this type of cow induced mentality that buhari have been using to run government which is why the system continues to be destroyed.
was it only the pdp that has been winning elections since the past 16years?
is it not the same inec that conducted the elections won by Ad,ac,acn,anpp,apga,cpc,unpp, etc that have been winning elections in the past?

bros nigeria cannot grow with this kind of midset and unfortunately it is same mindset the present government are leading with.
you dont have to be irresponsible to speak in favour of apc.