2023: Ogwuche Heads to Supreme Court, Appeals for Stay of Execution in Benue Reps Tussle
- Hon. Barr. Aida Nath Ogwuche has approached the Supreme Court to appeal against a judgment stopping her candidacy
- Ogwuche wants the apex court to declare her as the authentic PDP candidate for Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency in Benue
- She also filed a motion seeking a stay of execution of the said judgment stopping her candidacy in the forthcoming election
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Makurdi - Few weeks to the 2023 general elections, Hon. Barr. Aida Nath Ogwuche has approached the Supreme Court to appeal against a judgment stopping her candidacy.
A statement sent to Legit.ng by her media office noted that Ogwuche filed a notice of appeal on Friday, January 13.
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Ogwuche wants the apex court to declare her as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency of Benue state.
Accompanying the notice of appeal was a motion seeking a stay of execution of the said judgment stopping her candidacy in the forthcoming election, pending the hearing and determination of the appeal at the Supreme court.
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In the said motion, there were reliefs restraining the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from honouring the judgment in favour of Mr. Francis Ottah, since an appeal had been successfully filed.
As it is the practice with legal procedure, both the Notice of Appeal and motion for Stay of Execution will be communicated by lawyers to INEC and PDP by lawyers to the appellant so as to suspend any intended enforcement of the judgement of the court of appeal.
Also, the process of transmission of the records of appeal to the Supreme Court and the eventual entry of the appeal were almost completed.
Once done, the Supreme Court will assume full jurisdiction and parties in the appeal will have to maintain status quo, pending the outcome of the appeal.
It is, however, not clear yet if Aida Nath Ogwuche will go into the election as candidate of the PDP.
However, if INEC still goes ahead to put Francis Ottah on the ballot, legal experts are of the view that the law is settled that such an action will amount to a nullity, as parties are expected to maintain the status quo, pending the determination of the substantive appeal.
INEC finally releases list of 93.4 million registered voters
Meanwhile, ahead of the 2023 general elections, INEC recently revealed there are 93.4 million registered voters in Nigeria.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced this on Wednesday, January 11, at a meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
At the meeting, Yakubu presented the voters’ register to the political parties in accordance with the electoral act.
INEC sends important message to Nigerian voters ahead of 2023 general elections
In a related development, Nigerians have been assured that the 2023 general election will be conducted as scheduled no matter the level of threat.
This was disclosed by the INEC commissioner and chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye.
Okoye made this known as the electoral umpire continues to face attacks on its facilities in different locations across the country.
Source: Legit.ng
