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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Aisha Dahiru, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, as governor in the March 18 poll.

Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order after Michael Aondoaka, SAN, counsel to Dahiru, moved the ex-parte motion to the effect.

In the ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/935/2023, the APC candidate in the poll, sued INEC, Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and another as respondents.

Mr Aondoakaa while moving the motion on Monday, argued that until the election petition tribunal decides the fate of his client in accordance with Section 149 of the Electoral Act, 2022, the prosecution of Yunusa-Ari cannot be said to be valid.

He said the decision of INEC to file action against any person involved in Dahiru’s April 15 declaration as winner of the supplementary poll in the state when the tribunal was yet to determine the petition of his client, would deprive her of Section 285(6) of the law which gives 180 days within which the petition filed on May 6 should be dispensed with.

The senior lawyer, who informed the court that though a similar suit was earlier filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo where a judicial review of INEC’s action was sought, he said the sister court ordered Binani to approach a tribunal with her suit, having being an election-related matter.

He said an undertaking had been signed to prove to the court that the present suit was not frivolous.

He said in the undertaking, they were ready to face any cost should the court found the case to be frivolous.

After listening to Aondoakaa, Justice Okorowo ordered the parties to maintain status quo ante bellum pending the hearing and determination of the matter.

The judge, who adjourned the matter until July 18 for hearing, ordered the respondents to show cause while the reliefs sought by Dahiru, popularly called “Binani”, should not be granted.

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Lol make una continue to dey play.....

Judiciary is a big mess in this country.

We said it. Nothing will happen to this man because he was simply acting a script that went awry. The Adamawa REC drew his impetus from the stupidity and act of brazen mandate theft that was perpetuated by Mahmoud Yakubu at the presidential election.

Mahmood Yakubu have long created a lawless template. Now his protegees are desperately following in his inglorious footsteps. Gandollar have obtain court orders to stop his prosecution.

Senator Bulchwak who said his COA judge wife help influence some judiciary favour for his friends & cronies has also obtain a court order against his own prosecution. Now someone that ought to be jailed or even shot has also gone to obtain court orders to shield him from justice. Whither Nigeria?

.What could have given the REC the audacity to usurp the role of the state returning officer? Look no further than the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu’s disregard to the complaints by the opposition parties at the national collation centre in Abuja after the February 25 presidential election.

Recall that the opposition parties had alleged manipulation of the collation process and the INEC chairman had promised to look into their complaints. He never addressed those complaints before declaring the presidential candidate of APC Asiwaju Bola Tinubu the winner, while the aggrieved were told to go to court.

It seems the Adamawa REC was working with the same template. Like a son imitating his father (INEC chairman), Hudu Ari announced Binani as the winner expecting the incumbent governor and the PDP to go to court if they are unsatisfied.

Adamawa REC, Hudu Ari: Like Father, Like Son?
https://leadership.ng/adamawa-rec-like-father-like-son/

That's Nigeria for you ....

And the judiciary continues to make mockery of herself.

We are looking at them.

Na so the matter go take die

Balablu

Hehehe.

Nigeria a country where criminals go to court for protection. What an irony.

This is the new trend,once you can " buy" an injunction,then you are free.

Let the poor continue to fight each other, while the court protect rich law breakers.

Hmmmmm! One thing I know is that ONE BIG CRIMINAL GANG HAS TAKEN OVER NIGERIA.


I pity Una with your REWIND hope.

Judiciary common man hope indeed.
I thank God that life does not end here.

The same People.

Because of greed judiciary has help politicians in destroying this country

Justice Donatus Okorowo,hmmm. I reserve my comment

His lawyer has a point though. It’s only a ploy to delay his prosecution.

Judiciary in Nigeria is completely a mess

This country sef. As usual protecting the usual suspects.

gods punish dem all

gods punish dem all.

Court dey mad

The kind of new agbado miscreants want to hear. They love impunity so much..

Sometimes our court dey encourage impunity in all spheres of their dealing

Nice one

I'm not surprised.
If you are surprised by this news then you aren't a Nigerian.

Despite the evidence Peter Obi and LP is bringing, something tells me Tinubu will win this tribunal.

I don't know how he'll do but he'll win.

Then this adamawa rec will go Scot free.

This is the Nigeria we have created. No one should complain

Since when did INEC start to prosecute ??

We are all equal in Nigeria but Ari is more equal than the rest of us

#WINDOWS SHUTDOWN-SOUND
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I don't understand Nigerian laws. So court can ban law enforcement from prosecuting a criminal