BREAKING: S/Court Dismisses APC’s Application Against Marafa, Others

Hamilton Nwosa
Writer

Ad

[PHOTO] Soludo Casts Vote, Alleges Widespread Vote Buying

By Abiola Olawale Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has cast his ballot in the ongoing crucial Anambra election. However, the incumbent Governor, seeking re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), alleged that there are incidents of vote buying across the state He made this known after exercising his franchise at…

Shari’ah Council demands sack of INEC chair Amupitan over controversial ‘genocide’ legal brief

By Obinna Uballa The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately remove the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, over a controversial 2020 legal brief he allegedly authored on religious violence in Nigeria. The call followed online reports alleging…

Adeboye warns Tinubu: Act quickly, engage Trump, no foreign power will help Nigeria if US strikes

By Obinna Uballa General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged President Bola Tinubu to engage diplomatically with United States President Donald Trump over allegations of Christian persecution in Nigeria, warning that the country cannot rely on global powers for protection if tensions escalate. Trump had recently directed…

Ad

The Supreme Court has dismissed the application for judicial review filed by the APC in Zamfara State against Sen Kabiru Marafa and 179 others.

In a lead judgment delivered by Justice Inyang Okoro, the apex court held that the application is a vexatious, frivolous and gross abuse of court process.

The court awarded the cost of N2m to be paid by the applicant to the 1st to 140th respondents.

Justice Okoro further held that the apex court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain an application seeking a review of its own judgment as the finality of the judgment of the supreme court is sealed and cannot be reviewed under any guise.

Justice Centus Nweze, however, disagrees with the other members of the panel as he reads a dissenting judgment upholding the application of the APC.

He insists that it is better to admit an error instead of justifying an error that fails to represent justice. He adds that the Supreme Court can reverse itself.

Ad

X whatsapp