In a dramatic u-turn, the Federal high Court sitting in Abuja, has set aside its earlier order stopping the collation of the results of 9th March governorship election in Bauchi State.
In his judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo ruled that the court lacks the jurisdiction to stop the electoral body from performing its statutory function
He therefore ordered the electoral umpire to go ahead with the collation and announcement of the winner of the election.
Having upheld the preliminary objections of INEC, the court, held that going into the substantive suit will amount to a waste of the courts time.
Justice Ekwo had on 18th March stopped INEC from proceeding with the collation, conclusion and announcement of the results of the 9th March governorship election held in Bauchi State.
In another ruling on the eligibility of the All Progressives Congress, APC to present candidate for Zamfara State governorship election, the Court of Appeal has set aside the ruling of Zamfara State High Court that allowed the APC to field candidate for the Zamfara State Governorship election.
The appellate court said the trial court failed to carry out proper evaluation of the evidence before it thereby taking a decision in error.
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