MARCH 6 DELTA STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION AT RISK AS AGGRIEVED 48 POLITICAL PARTIES HEAD TO COURT.


-      By Wilson Macaulay

 

The March 6, 2021 Delta State Local Government Election may not hold as 48 Political Parties led by All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP) Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN) and New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGPN) has filed a suit in Federal High Court, Asaba praying the Court to compel Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) to include them in the March 6, 2021 Local Government Election. 

In suit No.FHC/ASB/CC/19/2021 filed on February 19, 2021 at the Federal High Court Asaba the Applicants are seeking an Order if mandamus compelling the Delta State Electoral Commission (DSEIC) to comply with the Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria in Appeal CA/ABJ/CV/507/2029 Advanced Congress of Democrats & 21Ors. V Attorney General of the Federation & 1Or and include the Political Parties in the list of Political Parties to contest the Local Government Election slated for March 6, 2021 and such Order or further Order(s) that the Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances. 

The Applicants are aggrieved that DSEIC willfully disregarded the Judgment of the Court of Appeal by refusing to include them in the Local Government Election even having written them and attached the Judgment of the Court of Appeal. They avowed that the Court of Appeal judgment declared the de-registration of their Parties as illegal and Ordered the relisting of their Parties by INEC.

They reiterated that persistent reminder of DSEIC for their inclusion in the meetings, activities and programs which the Commission held with other Political Parties were rebuffed. That DSEIC completely shut them out unlawfully hence they are seeking redress in Court. Prince Alex Oyoro Chairman of AGAP said "the relief sought by the Political Parties in the Federal High Court is to deepen our democracy because to disobey a Judgment of Court is worst than banditry, kidnapping and insurgency".

 


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