The Peoples Democratic Party has petitioned the National Judicial Council over what it called the violation of the Constitution and Electoral Act by Justice Ekwo Inyang of the Federal High Court by sitting on a matter that it said ought to have been handled by an election petition tribunal, as created by the provisions of our laws.
The party noted that in granting an exparte order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission from concluding the governorship election in Bauchi State, Justice Inyang violated Section 87(11) of the Electoral Act, which states that no court has the power or jurisdiction to stop any election pending the determination of a suit.
In an affidavit sworn to by the PDP’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, in Abuja on Tuesday, the party noted that issues of collation of results and declaration of winner, is a post-election event and, therefore, falls under the Electoral Act and Constitutional provisions for the election petition tribunal.
The chairman of the main opposition party urged the NJC to save the nation’s democracy by taking an urgent step against the alleged violations by Justice Inyang.