|
Listen to article
|
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has delivered the order to stop the Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from holding state congress and elections which have been scheduled for Saturday September 21, pending the determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
Five aggrieved members of the party in Kaduna State have obtained the ex parte order to stop the election which was granted by the court.
Read Also: Ganduje Refutes Assertion Of Conspiring To Unseat Emir Sanusi
Recall that Nura Waziri, Muntari Shuaibu, Yusuf Suleiman, Mallam Mansur Alasan and Jaafaru Abubakar had approached the court seeking an order to stop the election.
The ex parte motion was filed by the counsel to the aggrieved party members, M. A. Mahmud (SAN) on their behalf.
Mahmud, in a letter to the INEC chairman, dated September 18, asked the commission to restrain itself from participating and monitoring the state congress scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 21, 2024 in Kaduna.
In another news, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State says he has no misgivings about describing the Saturday governorship poll as a “do or die” contest, maintaining that his choice of words reflects the seriousness of the situation.
A storm of criticism has erupted against the governor, particularly from opposition members, who have strongly opposed his comments from earlier in the week.
Obaseki, in an interview on Politics Today aired on Channels Television Thursday, insisted that the stakes are dire, describing the election as a “do or die” situation, claiming that an APC victory would spell disaster for the people of Edo.
