The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is to take decisions on Court orders and motions regarding the defection of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and his Deputy, Chief Kelechi Igwe, next week.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye in a statement in Abuja, said that within the last three months, INEC had been joined in 71 new cases in various courts across the country, including those litigations on the defections of the elected officers in Ebonyi State.
He also explained that INEC had been served with 10 separate court orders and motions on defection of Umahi, Kelechi and 16 members of the State House of Assembly.
Okoye said the electoral umpire met and deliberated on a wide range of issues, including the rising tide of litigations that did not directly involve the Commission, but in which the principal parties joined it.
He noted that the commission decided to defer its deliberation on the Ebonyi cases and stepped down the listed Memorandum and is expected to meet again next week to deliberate on the matter and thereafter make its decision public.
