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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has approached the Court of Appeal successful Abuja, seeking a enactment of execution of the Federal High Court judgement that ordered the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and 4 different governmental parties.
INEC besides threw its value down a announcement of entreaty lodged by the governmental parties.
The Commission, portion addressing a three-member sheet of the appellate tribunal connected Tuesday, said it was shocked by the determination of Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court successful Abuja to present the judgement contempt an bid that stopped him from doing so.
The electoral body, done its squad of lawyers led by Mr Haliru Mohammed, decried that it was not notified that the judgement would beryllium delivered, saying it lone heard astir the court’s determination done media reports.
“My Lords, we are alert of an bid that this tribunal made connected May 22, which stopped the transportation of the judgement of the little court, which was initially reserved for transportation connected June 5.
“We were not alert of immoderate announcement from the tribunal regarding the transportation of the judgment. We lone saw it arsenic breaking quality successful the media.
“We truthful bash not reason the exertion of the appellant to enactment the execution of the judgment,” the Commission said
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