The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to entertain the ex-parte application brought before it by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed, on the 2023 Adamawa Gubernatorial election result declaration controversy.
The ex-parte application filed by her lawyer, Mohammed Sheriff had asked the court to determine whether the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC can take any further steps on the declared governorship election results made by its Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, Mr Hudu Ari.
However, when the ex-parte was about to be moved, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo cut in and asked Senator Binani’s lawyer to first address him if his court has jurisdiction to entertain such matter.
The Judge subsequently told her counsel to file his address on the issue and fixed April 26 for hearing of the ex-parte application and the motion on whether the court has jurisdiction.
Earlier, another lawyer, Afeez Matanmi who claimed to be counsel to the incumbent Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri had sought to address the Court but was shut down on the grounds that the issue before the court was an ex-parte application for now.
Defendants in the ex-parte application are the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, People’s Democratic Party PDP and Ahmadu Fintiri.
