Ex-Attorney General, Ochinke faults INEC over ADC leadership

A ruling enactment chieftain and erstwhile Attorney General of Cross River State, Attah Ochinke, has criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for what helium described arsenic a misreading of a tribunal bid successful its determination to de-recognise the David Mark-led enactment of the absorption African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Ochinke, a erstwhile Nigerian Bar Association president successful Cross River State, expressed disappointment with INEC’s handling of the matter, insisting that the commission’s mentation of the subsisting tribunal directive was legally flawed.

Speaking successful an interview, the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, said the tribunal bid was explicit successful directing each parties to support the presumption quo pending the determination of the substantive suit.

He explained that 1 of the factions wrong the ADC had approached the tribunal seeking to restrain the enforcement committee led by Mark from functioning.

According to him, alternatively than assistance the request, the tribunal directed each parties to revert to and support the existing enactment operation until the lawsuit is afloat heard.

“In applicable terms, maintaining the presumption quo meant retaining the David Mark-led leadership,” Ochinke argued.

He, however, faulted INEC for what helium described arsenic a misapplication of the order, saying the committee efficaciously created a vacuum by stripping the enactment of leadership.

“You cannot...