The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it will obey the judgement of the Court Appeal, which asked it to remove the name of Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State.
The Commission said it would now replace his name with that of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) as ordered by the appeal court. However, the electoral body said that the order of the court should be served on it before Friday.
It said it was when such judgment is served on it that it will immediately comply with it. Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the commission, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in an interview. He nevertheless said that the commission was not planning to shift the date of the election.
Oyekanmi said that the commission would now jettison the earlier Federal High Court judgment by Justice Abang Okon, asking it to use the name of Ibrahim as the PDP candidate. He said, “Yes, the judgment as we followed it shows that we must replace the name of Ibrahim with that of Jegede.
“We will obey the judgment because this is an order coming from a superior court. We will abide by that decision. “However, we will expect that the judgment be served on us before Friday to enable us comply. When we are served, we will comply immediately.
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