Nigeria: Court Sacks Ebonyi LG Chairs, Councillors

Nigeria: Court Sacks Ebonyi LG Chairs, Councillors

The Federal High Court in Abakaliki has nullified the July 2024 local government elections in Ebonyi State, declaring the exercise unconstitutional and sacking all 13 council chairmen and 171 councillors elected under the process.

Court sacks all local council chairpersons, councillors in Ebonyi

The elections conducted in July 2024 brought the current 13 local government chairpersons and 171 councillors into power in the south-eastern state.

Court sacks Ebonyi council chairmen, councillors elected in 2024

The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Tuesday, sacked the 13 Council Chairmen and their 171 ward councillors in the state. The

Court Nullifies Ebonyi LG Polls, Sacks 13 Chairmen, 171 Councillors - Newsmakers

Matilda Omonaiye/ The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has nullified the election of 13 local government chairmen and 171 councillors in the state, declaring their emergence “unconstitutional.” According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Justice Hilary Oshomah, who presided over the case, ruled on Tuesday that the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral […] The post Court Nullifies Ebonyi LG Polls, Sacks 13 Chairmen, 171 Coun…

Court Nullifies Ebonyi LG Elections, Removes Council Chairmen, Councillors From Office

The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Tuesday nullified the July 2024 local government and councillorship elections in the state for failing to comply with the Electoral Act.…The post Court Nullifies Ebonyi LG Elections, Removes Council Chairmen, Councillors From Office appeared first on The Liberation News Nigeria.

Court Sacks Ebonyi LG Chairmen, Councillors, Declares Election Unconstitutional

The Federal High Court in Ebonyi has sacked the 13 Council Chairmen and 171 Councillors in the state, declaring their elections as “unconstitutional”. The Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) conducted the election in July, 2024. The court also noted that the electoral body failed to comply with the provisions of the electoral act. The Presiding Judge, Justice Hilary Oshomah, in his judgement on Tuesday in Abakaliki, noted that…