Breaking: Court turns down Binani’s motion, queries jurisdiction

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday queried an application by Senator Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, seeking an order of court restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from invalidating her declaration as winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State.

The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, temporarily declined to hear the application.

Recall that Binani had on Monday
approached the court for leave to file an application for judicial review of the administrative decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made on April 16th in respect of her declaration as winner of the governorship elections of Adamawa State held on March 18 and the supplementary elections of April 15.

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In the grounds upon which the application was brought, the senator argued that “the only court with power on a declaration made from the conduct of an election is only the Election petition Tribunal set up by the 1999 Constitution”.

According to her, after the completion of vote in the supplementary governorship election of April 15, and the subsequent collation of same results, INEC “declared her as the winner of the gubernatorial election and was thereby returned as elected.