INEC in Dilemma over Anambra Senatorial Re-run Poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have decided to go ahead with the conduct of the re-run election for the vacant Anambra Central senatorial seat but is hesitant to make its position public due to the possibility of a new ruling by the Court of Appeal on the matter.

THISDAY gathered from impeccable sources at the commission at the weekend that barring any ruling by the court, the commission will go ahead to implement the ruling of the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja which had ordered INEC to conduct the re-run within 90 days.

“I think that it will be difficult for INEC to obey the Federal High Court order when we have an Appeal Court order pending on the same issue. That is what I believe is going to be the dilemma of the commission under the circumstances”.
THISDAY, January 1, 2018

 

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