NNPP vows legal action over INEC’s alleged refusal to obey court orders

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has said it volition deploy each lawful means to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to comply with existing tribunal orders regarding the party’s enactment dispute.

The enactment stated this successful a merchandise issued connected Wednesday by its Secretary General, Mr. Ogini Olaposi, pursuing a closed-door gathering betwixt selected NNPP executives, their ineligible counsel, Segun Fiti, and the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, successful Abuja.

Olaposi said the gathering was convened to code concerns implicit INEC’s alleged nonaccomplishment to instrumentality tribunal judgments connected the NNPP enactment tussle, but described the engagement arsenic inconclusive and unproductive.

He said the enactment had exercised patience and pursued ineligible channels, including judgments from assorted courts, which helium claimed directed INEC to recognise the enactment led by Dr. Boniface Aniebonam arsenic Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Dr. Agbo Major arsenic Chairman of the National Working Committee, NWC.

According to him, the delegation presented aggregate tribunal rulings, including those of the Abia State High Court, the Federal Capital Territory High Court, and the Owerri Court of Appeal, which allegedly ordered INEC to comply with the decisions.

Olaposi further alleged that contempt a mandamus bid directing INEC to update its records wrong 72 hours and record an affidavit of compliance, the committee had faile...