COURT DISMISSES INEC

A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, has clearly dismissed an application for stay of execution by the Independent Electoral Commission,

 (INEC), against the judgment of the court, the judgement of the court ordered the restoration of Isoko North 1 and  Ughelli South 1constituencies.

The application which was dismissed without cost of trial judge, Justice Shitu Abubakar, said that the commission had no point to delay the implementation of the court’s judgment

The court, in its judgment on October 31, 2014, ordered INEC to restore forthwith, the two state constituencies which were suppressed by the commission in 1998

The matter was adjoined till February 10, for hearing in the contempt proceedings initiated against the commission’s chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega.