Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has declined jurisdiction to entertain matter seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from proceeding with the collation, conclusion and announcement the result of the March 9 governorship election in Bauchi State.
Ruling on the matter on Monday, the judge said the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
On Tuesday, the judge issued order for stopping the process on the strength of an ex parte application filed by the All Progressive Congress, APC, and the incumbent Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar.
But INEC filed a motion challenging the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, said the commission has challenged the court for granting the order.
Mr Okoye said: “The motion has not been taken. Until that motion is taken, the court order barring us from collating the result of Tafawa Balewa area subsists.”
The commission had halted the scheduled collation of the governorship election result in the state, which was to resume on Tuesday last week.
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