The federal high court in Abuja has ordered the APC governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Aisha Binani to address the issue of jurisdiction before entertaining the ex-perte application she filed on the 2023 Adamawa governorship election declaration tussle.
In the ex parte application filed by her counsel, Mohammed Sheriff, Binani is asking the court to determine whether the independent electoral commission, INEC can take any further steps on the declared governorship election results announced by its resident electoral commissioner, Hudu Ari.
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When the matter was called and ex parte was about to be moved, Justice Inyang Ekwo stopped Binani’s counsel asking him to first address the court on whether the court has jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
Counsel for Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri who sought to address the court was put on the basis that the issue before the court is an ex-parte application.
The court therefore asked Binani’s counsel to file his address and adjourned to April 26 for hearing .
She is also seeking for an order of prohibition and certiorari preventing INEC and its agents from taking any further steps towards the declaration of the winner of the election pending the determination of her application for Judicial review.
