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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, declined to hear an ex-parte application the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed, filed for an order to halt further action on the ongoing governorship election in Adamawa State.

Rather, the court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, ordered the counsel that appeared for the Applicant, Mr Mohammed Sheriff, to address it whether or not it has the requisite jurisdiction to entertain the matter.

Justice Ekwo thereafter adjourned the suit till April 26 for counsel to the Applicant to address the court on the issue of jurisdiction.

Even though a lawyer, Afeez Matanmi, announced his appearance for the incumbent governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri, he was however not allowed to address the court since the APC candidate brought the action through an ex-parte application.

Senator Aisha had in the ex-parte application marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/510/2023, applied for leave of the court to allow her to seek, “an order of prohibition and certiorari removing to this court for the purpose of being set aside the istrative decision of the 1st Respondent made on 16th April 2023 in respect of the declaration of the winner from the gubernatorial election of Adamawa State held on the 18th of March, 2023 and the supplementary election held on 15th April 2023.”

As well as, an order of the court, “preventing the 1st Respondent, its agent, assign or any person acting on its behalf from taking any further steps towards the declaration of the winner from the gubernatorial election of Adamawa State held on the 18th of March and the supplementary election held on 15th April 2023, pending the determination of the application for judicial review”.

Whereas the APC was listed as the 2nd Applicant in the suit, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate/incumbent governor of the state, Fintiri, were cited as 1st to 3rd Respondents.

It will be recalled that INEC had declared that the Adamawa state governorship election was inconclusive, even as it ordered a supplementary election.

However, midway into the collation of results of the supplementary poll that was held last Saturday, the Adamawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, announced the APC candidate, Aisha, as the winner.

The action elicited instant reactions, with the electoral body not only voiding Yunusa-Ari’s action but equally placing him on an indefinite suspension.

In her suit, the APC candidate insisted that she was declared winner of the governorship election after the collation process was completed.

“Pursuant to the declaration of Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed as the winner of the gubernatorial election, any dissatisfied candidate is to resort to the tribunal for redress if any.

“The 2nd Respondent, PDP, and the 3rd Respondent Ahmadu Fintiri, who lost in the election resorted to fighting and causing a public disturbance which led to the beating and manhandling of one of the 1st Respondent staff.

“The crisis caused by the 2nd and 3rd Respondents led the 1st Respondent to announce that it had cancelled the initial declaration made by it on 16tu April 2023”.

She argued that INEC had no powers to cancel or declare a declaration which has been made as null and void.

“The only court with the power on a declaration made from the conduct of an election is only the Election Petition Tribunal set up by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended)”, the Applicants averred.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/court-refuses-to-hear-binanis-motion-orders-her-to-address-court-on-jurisdiction/

Wahala de Adamawa.
You ran to Abuja high court.
Binani is laying claim of been the winner, despite having lesser votes than the incumbent.
That's what happens when you lay foundation for illegality to thrive.
Imo State, comes to mind

Godfearing Judge

YAKUBU and APC has finally turn INEC to a joke and COMEDY,

God bless this judge for this judgement, BAT and BUHAR cant use the hatred they have for Atiku to punish FINTIRI.

adjourned to April 26th.Badt!! Judge

Apc no fit buy this judge ..

Hey!!! For Nigeria ?

The Yoruba CJN must draft this one quickly into tribunal judges for presidential tribunal

The case is a dead rubber.


First it was a failed electoral coup, now a failed judicial coup. APC adamawa sud give up the political banditry. PDP ers in adamawa are vigilant.

Yakubu! Yakubu! Yakubu
See as you haff turn inec to comic centre.

Justice Inyang Ekwo has been fairly fair in his rulings and conducts as a judge.

I may be wrong but I think he has always given a sound judgment.

God bless him for refusing to be used to perpetuate evil in Adamawa.

Judicial leg-over.

It is hightime the court protected its sanctity and severely punish lawyers who collide with their clients in an attempt to undermine the system.

..... Game over for binanni, congratulations to fintiri

After her coup to get herself illegally declared the winner of the Adamawa state gubernatorial election failed she now resort to the court. This is the extent the APC have bastardized this nation.

No jurisdiction whatsoever.

It is now a post-election matter, the Federal High Court has no jurisdiction, only the tribunal does.

An Ex-parte action cannot undo what has already been done. Results will likely be announced tomorrow, Ex-parte to come on 26th becomes academic.

Nothing good can ever come out of APC.
Awon oloribu.

For her to win she needs to win over 90 percent of 40k votes. Impossicant

APC have really turn judiciary to their boy boy and also Useless our Constitution but thankGod we still have some Judges who still have small integrity in them to protect.

Political bandits.

Why is she not being arrested for treason? She delivered acceptance speech when she hasn't been declared the winner.

Mumu DSS, where are you guys?

She's drunk...


Why power dey hungry her make police arrest her ...


She jus wan use her desperation put her state for wahala...


Why be say na people wey we wan use as Yardstick dey misbehave and desperate sef Yahya Bello wey suppose represent the Youth dey du him own for Kogi same as dix one wey suppose be role model to Women ...

APC as a party , its and those who voted for them are either bunch of criminals
or Bunch of fools. it still beats my imagination that some people are ing criminals
thinking they are spiting a particular tribe or the young people.

Binani tinks we have fallen full throttle into banana republic as her name suggest.. She is nothing but a desperate politickcian who has brought Shame to her gender like the other one that was sacked as speaker of house of Reps in past

One of the rare moments where the court is the common hope of the masses.

Good.

All roads lead back to Yola for final collation and declaration of results.

Shame on Binani and her band of usurpers.

Good judgement the days of ing what is wrong is gone let's tread a new road please

Nigerians politicians and fake lawyers with fake degrees have turned the already jaundiced judiciary system to a JUNGO PARK!
Very interesting.
I just love to see those 'lawyers' with their sun-beaten wigs and funeral-procession gowns.
Thank my GOD I don't have to see those nauseating Halloween costumes here in civilized parts of the world and those useless 'BRITISH' RELICS have been ditched for ever.
Twa!

Her case has been flawed once again. The Inec will continue their collation of results tomorrow and announce Governor fintiri the winner of the poll

Aisha Binani and APC should stop this rascality
and go prepare for 2027.

But first and foremost, she and her party in collaboration with the REC should apologize to the people of Adamawa state for making the attempt to steal the mandate of the people

Some people are really pushing this woman to do whatever she's doing. She can't be doing it alone. She should stop embarrassing herself and step back.

Haba

So this is how we intend to produce the first elected female governor in this country

APC and their ers should rest. They are bringing shame to our democracy.

The judge gave the right order. The court should not be used to truncate the electoral process. INEC has the power to review any result declaration within 7 days and they have done that. All parties should wait for the commission to officially announce a winner and aggrieved parties can then approach the tribunal.

Inec should do the needful and announce Governor fintiri the winner of the poll

This is correct.