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BY OKEY NDIRIBE<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABUJA-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is set to appeal against yesterday\u2019s ruling of a Federal High Court, Osogbo, which barred Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Amb. Rufus Akeju, from conducting next month\u2019s general elections in the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The commission\u2019s lawyers are likely to appeal against the order of the Osogbo High Court at the Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

Chief Press Secretary to\u00a0 INEC Chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, confirmed INEC\u2019s next line of action in an interviw with Vanguard yesterday.<\/p>\n

It will be recalled that a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo yesterday restrained INEC from using Amb Rufus Oluwatoyin Akeju as\u00a0 Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the coming elections in the state and directed the commission to immediately appoint another REC for the state.<\/p>\n

Osun State\u2019s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had dragged INEC and Akeju before the court on allegations of bias. He was also described as a sympathizer of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.<\/p>\n

Akeju, who hails from Lagos State, is rumoured to have been nominated for the post by the Lagos State government.<\/p>\n

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