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Controversy trails Supreme Court verdict on new Cross River wards
Conflicting interpretations are trailing the Supreme Court’s verdict on the new wards created by the Cross Rivers State government to ensure that the remnants of Bakassi are not disenfranchised.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared that the court did not permit election to be conducted in the three new Ikang wards of Bakassi as created by Law Number 7, 2007 of the state.
INEC said that the apex court, in its judgment, had rather set aside the state law, thereby rendering it null and void.
But this interpretation is not going down well with the state government, which is alleging that some persons must have read the judgment upside down.
To the state government, what the judgment says is that INEC should do the needful by ensuring that the people of Bakassi participate in elections.
Guardian, March 19, 2018
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