Polls: Court restrains INEC from engaging MC Oluomo's Park C'ttee
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, yesterday, granted an order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from engaging Mr. Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo-led Lagos State Parks Management Committee, or any of its commercial bus drivers from distributing election materials in the state. The court granted the order, following an application filed by the Labour Party, LP, and five other plaintiffs/applicants in suit No. FHC/L/CS/271/2023. Other plaintiffs in the suit are LP’s governorship candidate for Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour; African Democratic Congress, Funsho Doherty; Boot Party and Wale Olumo. INEC is the sole defendant/respondent in the matter. In a motion dated February 15 and filed by their counsel, Mr Abbas Ibrahim, the applicants prayed for an interlocutory injunction restraining INEC from taking any steps in the appointment of MC Oluomo-led Lagos State Parks Management Committee to distribute 2023 election materi...