Kwara LG polls: PDP loses in court

Date: 2017-10-18

A Kwara state High Court Tuesday trashed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop the conduct of the November 18th local government elections in the state.

PDP had through its lead counsel, Salman Jawondo, approached the court to restrain the Kwara state Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) from conducting the said election into the 16 local councils.

Also joined in the suit was the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kamaldeen Ajibade (SAN).

PDP had anchored its claims on the alleged unconstitutionality inherent in KWAISEC guidelines for candidates participating in the council poll.

But in his ruling, Justice Sulaiman Akanbi said that there was nothing unconstitutional by the legislation passed by the Kwara state House of Assembly.

He therefore ordered the state electoral umpire to go ahead with the November 18th, 2017 local government elections.

He said: "What the Kwara state House of Assembly did constitutionally and additionally is to aide the Federal Law; the state law is not inconsistent with the Electoral law. Kwara state House of Assembly did not run foul of the Constitution rather it complemented it.

"It is crystal clear that the action of the Kwara state House of Assembly is constitutionally guaranteed as regards the council elections. Section 106 of the Constitution is also emphatic on this. I therefore resolved the two issues raised by the claimant in favour of the defendants."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Orire     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Dele Belgore     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Tunji Moronfoye     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Albert Ogunsola     Oba Abdulrahim     Emir Of Shonga     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     College Of Health     Jumoke Gafar     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Oba Abdulraheem     Abdulwahab Ololele     Bolaji Aladie     Issa Baba     Mufti Of Ilorin     Turaki Of Ilorin     Emir Of Yashikira     Eruku     IEDPU     AbdulHamid Adi     Isiaka Danmeromu     Oke-opin     Olayinka Olaogun     Oko-Erin     Tunde Akanbi     Yakubu Gobir     Pilgrims Board     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Bolakale Ayo     Ita-Ore     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     11th Galadima     Bank Of Industry     COVID-19 Palliatives     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Oke-Ero     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Funmilayo Mohammed     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Isapa     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Olam Food Ingredients     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     SWAN     NYSC     Kwara State Sports Commission     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     NIPR     Saidu Isa     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Raymond Olaitan     Biliaminu Aliu     KWTV     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Ubandawaki     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Okin Malt     ARMTI     JAMB     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Obasanjo     Patience Jonathan     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Kayode Issa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Goodluck Jonathan     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Budo-Egba     Oko     Aliyu Muyideen     Abdulkadir Orire     Kwara Consultative Forum     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Ayekale     Abubakar Lah     Abdulwahab Ololele     IF-K     Amusement Park     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Lithium     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Innocent Okoye     Assayomo     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Rafiu Ibrahim     Adebara     JAAC     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Bureau Of Lands     Ganiyu Abolarin     Al-Hikmah University     Igosun     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Bamidele Aluko     Ajikobi     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Labour Party     Dogara     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Ishaq Oloyede     Ilorin Central Mosque     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Magaji Erubu     Kwara Poly     John Mayokun Dada     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ahmed Bayero     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Kwara State Television     NaAllah     Femi Agbaje     Samari     Smart School     Yakubu Danladi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Kwara TV     Mahee Abdulkadir     Bamikole Omishore     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Akeem Olatunji     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Solomon Edojah     Ballah     Alimi Abdulrazaq     NITDA     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Oniwasi Agbaye     Paul Olawoore     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Olusegun Adeniyi     Gbenga Olawepo     Wole Oke     Amusa Bello     Mansur Alfanla     Balogun Gambari