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March 11, 2019
Security Challenges: INECSuspends Collation Of Gubernatorial Election Results In Kano
The IndependentNational Electoral Commission, INEC in Kano has suspended the collation ofresults for the Saturday’s Governorship election.
The Resident ElectoralCommissioner Riskuwa Arab-Shehu announced this after the collation of resultsfrom the 43 out of the 44 Local Government Areas of the state.
The INEC Commissionersaid the suspension was necessary because of reports of the security challengesfrom the only local government left to be announced in the governorshipelections results. The result of Nassarawa local government is being awaited.
According to theArab-Shehu, the results were snatched away from the collation centre, and thatthe electoral body will refer to its primary and secondary data base togenerate the result from the polling units and wards.
He explained that INECwill generate the result, verify and consider those that are acceptable withinthe electoral law. He added that party agents would be invited for theverification of the results to ensure transparency during the regeneration ofthe results.
Alleged Misconduct: NJC Begins Hearing On Petitions Against Onnoghen, Acting CJN
An investigative panelof the National Judicial Council is expected to this week begin hearing on thepetitions of alleged misconduct written against the suspended Chief Justice ofNigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen and the Acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad.
It was learnt thefive-man panel set up by the NJC to investigate the petitions against the topjudicial officers would conduct a hearing on Muhammad’s case on Tuesday.
The panel had itsfirst sitting on Onnoghen’s case on February 6 and adjournedtill Wednesday.
The NJC had at itsFebruary 13 meeting reviewed the pre-assessment report on thepetitions written against the two men and considered the complaints worthy ofbeing investigated.
The council then setup a five-man panel led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice S.AAkande, to investigate the petitions and issued queries to the judicialofficers.