Politics
Court restrains 19 political parties from stopping LG election
In a bid to stop the state electrol umpire from conducting the proposed local government election, the Kano State High Court has issued an interim injunction restraining 19 political parties from taking any actions to stop the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission.
According to reports, the parties were also restrained from organising and conducting the upcoming local government elections.
In his judgment, the Presiding Judge, Justice Sunusi Ado Ma’aji, delivered the ruling on Tuesday, following a motion ex parte filed on September 20 by KANSIEC, the plaintiff in the suit.
,,,,,,,The defendants in the case include the Accord Party, Action Alliance, Labour Party, New Nigeria People’s Party, Peoples Democratic Party and several other political parties.
____In the ruling, the judge granted KANSIEC an interim injunction, stating, “The defendants are restrained from taking any actions that would impede the plaintiff’s statutory duties to…..organise, conduct, regulate and supervise the local government election in Kano State, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
Justice Ma’aji also prohibited the defendants, including their agents and privies, from performing any acts that could disrupt KANSIEC’s efforts to oversee the elections.
____The case has been adjourned until October 10 for the hearing of the motion on notice.
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