A Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), from going ahead with collating and announcing the result of the Bauchi State governorship election of March.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following an ex-parte application filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Bauchi State governor, Mohammed Abubakar.
The APC and Abubakar prayed Justice Ekwo in the application for an interim injunction restraining INEC from collating, concluding and announcing result of Tafawa local government area of the state, which the electoral umpire had earlier declared inconclusive, and had ordered supplementary election.
In the originating summon, challenging the decision of INEC to resume collation of the result, the plaintiffs urged the court to compel INEC to go ahead with the election scheduled for March 23 rather than reverse itself.
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