Jubilation as Court Gives Final Verdict on APC Governorship Candidate's Case
- The court has given its final verdict in the case of Emmanuel Bwacha, the APC gubernatorial candidate for Taraba state
- Ahead of the March 11 election, the court has cleared him to contest for the state's number one seat of power
- Meanwhile, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to include Bwacha's name on its portal ahead of the Saturday's poll
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The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo has affirmed that the name of Emmanuel Bwacha, the APC gubernatorial candidate for Taraba, is on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and cleared him to contest the Saturday, March 11 governorship election.
The session presided over by Justice Bala Usman on Tuesday, March 7, resolved that the name of Emmanuel Bwacha be published in the INEC portal if deleted as the governorship candidate in the March 11 elections.
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Court's fresh ruling
Meanwhile, Bwacha filed a suit at the Federal High Court Jalingo division requesting INEC to clear the controversy about whether his name was on the INEC portal or otherwise.
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In a fresh court session, the presiding judge, Justice Usman, also advised that his ruling had nothing to do with the Supreme Court judgement, a report by The Nation confirmed.
“I am strictly concerned with the fresh election conducted on February 10. It is not within my privy to interpret it and I don’t intend to do that,” he stated.
Appeal Court gives judgement on INEC’s request to reconfigure BVAS
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has approved the application by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) used for the 2023 presidential election.
A three-member panel of justices led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh gave the ruling on Wednesday, March 8.
The panel explained that the reconfiguration was to enable the electoral body to conduct the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections.
Fresh Trouble For Tinubu, INEC As Peter Obi Files Fresh Charges in Court
Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the recently concluded presidential election, has filed a fresh application to inspect, in person, the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), used during the poll.
The application with the number CA/PEC/09m/23 was filed at the Appeal Court in Abuja on Wednesday, March 8.
In the application, Obi and Labour Party are asking the court to allow them to inspect the BVAS and other sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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