BREAKING: Appeal Court Upholds Order Stopping INEC From Recognising ADC State Congresses
The court said elected ADC state chairmen keep four-year terms and only recognised party structures can conduct state congresses.
- On Monday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed a judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognizing state congresses organized by the African Democratic Congress caretaker leadership led by Senator David Mark.
- The ruling follows an April 29 Federal High Court decision by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, which held that the ADC's interim National Working Committee lacked authority to appoint committees for state congresses or interfere with elected state executives.
- In the majority verdict, Justice Okon Abang ruled "the trial court decision to grant the reliefs sought by the 1st to 7th respondents is in order," affirming elected state chairmen are entitled to a four-year tenure under the ADC constitution.
- While the panel majority acted to "prevent anarchy," head of the panel Abba Mohammed delivered a dissenting judgment, arguing the dispute concerned internal party affairs that were non-justiciable and outside the court's jurisdiction.
- The court noted that appellants failed to rely on recent Supreme Court rulings regarding the Peoples Democratic Party , which confirmed that courts may intervene when political parties violate their own constitutional and statutory provisions.
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Appeal Court upholds judgment barring INEC from recognising ADC congresses organised by Mark-led executives
In a 2-1 judgement of its three-member panel, the Court of Appeal held that it found no reason to set aside the restraining order the Federal High Court in Abuja had issued against the Mark-led ADC on 29 April. The post Appeal Court upholds judgment barring INEC from recognising ADC congresses organised by Mark-led executives appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
ADC: Appeal Court Judgement has no effect on our primaries
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has stated that the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday only related to party congresses for the election of ward, local government and state executive committees of the Party, not primaries. This was disclosed by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the party in a statement on Monday. Abdullahi, who was reacting to the Court of Appeal judgement, assured members o…
A’Court upholds order barring INEC from recognising Mark-led ADC congresse
The Appeal Court upholds a Federal High Court judgment, barring INEC from recognising state congresses conducted by the Senator David Mark-led ADC caretake Read More: https://punchng.com/acourt-upholds-order-barring-inec-from-recognising-mark-led-adc-congresse/
BREAKING: Appeal Court upholds order stopping INEC from recognising ADC state congresses
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld a Federal High Court judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in any state congresses organised by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) leadership led by David Mark. In the lead judgment, Justice Okon Abang ruled that “the trial court decision to grant […] BREAKING: Appeal Court upholds order stopping INEC from recognising ADC state congre…
Breaking: Appeal Court bars INEC from recognising Mark-led ADC congresses
"Once a complaint before the court is anchored on a constitutional infraction, the shield of internal affairs drops and the veil is lifted for judicial intervention" The post Breaking: Appeal Court bars INEC from recognising Mark-led ADC congresses appeared first on Vanguard News.
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