A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to from collation and announcement of Bauchi State governorship results.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following an ex parte application filed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the State governor, Mohammed Abubakar.
Recall that ElombahNews, on Monday, reported that the governor ran to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, seeking his intervention in the canceled Bauchi rerun election
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INEC initially declared the governorship election in Bauchi, along with the elections in Benue, Plateau, Sokoto, Kano and inconclusive.
It also announced that supplementary elections would take place on 23 March.
But in a sudden twist, INEC said it would no longer hold supplementary elections in the contentious Tafawa Balewa Local Government, where it said the result of the poll on March 9 was torn by an armed gang.
INEC also said it has appointed a new returning officer for the council and that collation would resume on Tuesday.
INEC said a fact-finding committee headed by Okoye recommended that the results of polling units in the council should be upheld and then cancelled the planned election in the council.
INEC’s volte-face angered the All Progressives Congress candidate and the incumbent governor, Muhammed Abubakar and his party.
There were accusations about denial of fair hearing by the Okoye committee and that the committee was compromised because Okoye has some relationship with some PDP leaders, such as Speaker Yakubu Dogara.