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    Court Nullifies Ebonyi LGA Election, Describes It As Undemocratic

    Alexandra Dominic-ChukwuBy Alexandra Dominic-ChukwuAugust 25, 2022Updated:August 25, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, on Thursday nullified the local government election held in the 13 Local Government Areas of the state.

    The LGA election was conducted on 30th July; 2022 by the Ebonyi State Independent National Electoral Commission, (ENSIEC).

    The Presiding Judge Fatun Riman in suit No. FHC/AI/CS/151/2022 ruled that the conduct of the Ebonyi local government election was undemocratic and unlawful and therefore declared it null and void.

    Speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, counsel to the plaintiff, Mudi Erhenedi commended the Federal High Court for upholding justice in the state.

    He said: “It is undemocratic and unlawful to conduct an election into the local government areas or council without availing the plaintiffs with the exact law that is meant to regulate the exercise.

    “There are a lot of other issues with non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022. The Electoral Act 2022 said the procedures for conducting elections in the local government areas by state commissioners must comply with that procedure for conducting into area councils in the FCT.

    “If you look at it, how do you access compliance without law if you hide the law with which you want to conduct the election; is it not when you make the law public that we will know whether you complied with it or not, how can you be making laws and hiding them.

    “My position now is that my clients demanded to be availed of this law, we came under the freedom of information act it intending the procedure to conduct elections, we wrote to EBSIEC, we wrote the House of Assembly, we wrote to INEC whose responsibilities all of these bodies refused to provide us with the law” he stated.

    However, all efforts to get a reaction from the government lawyer, Roy Nweze, on the court ruling at the time of filing this report failed, as he was not picking up calls.

    Ebonyi LGA Election
    Alexandra Dominic-Chukwu

    Alexandra Dominic-Chukwu is based in the eastern region of Nigeria. She covers politics, news writing, feature stories, among others. She has multitasking skills and can easily adapt to any working condition. She enjoys reading and writing.

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