Forward of Kano State Native Authorities Council election in October 2024, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP and 19 different political events have been restrained by Kano State Excessive Court docket from hindering the Kano State Impartial Electoral Fee, KANSIEC from accumulating nomination charges from candidates.
Earlier, KANSIEC had launched nominations and expression of curiosity varieties for chairmanship and councillorship positions for N10 and N5 million respectively, resulting in protest from political events who described the charges as outrageous.
The protest led to the authorized intervention of the court docket. on the occasion of KANSIEC which the political events of their response argued that it should be diminished whilst they claimed there was not sufficient time earlier than the election in October.
After listening to submissions from Rilwanu Umar Esq., R.I. Yaura Esq., and Mustapha Oseni Esq., representing the plaintiffs, the court docket dominated in favor of KANSIEC, issuing an interim injunction that permits the fee to proceed with its statutory obligations.
The political events have been restrained by way of an order of the court docket that stops them from taking any steps that hinders the electoral physique from organizing, conducting, regulating, and supervising the native elections.
The court docket’s resolution ensures that preparations for the October polls proceed uninterrupted, pending additional hearings.
The case has been adjourned to October 10, 2024, for the listening to of the movement on discover.
