{"id":124641,"date":"2023-11-28T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/28\/stop-dancing-naked-in-market-appeal-court-slams-inec\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T09:30:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:30:44","slug":"stop-dancing-naked-in-market-appeal-court-slams-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/28\/stop-dancing-naked-in-market-appeal-court-slams-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Stop Dancing Naked In Market&#8221; \u2013 Appeal Court Slams INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing it of being partisan.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court said it was embarrassing that the Commission could appear before it to act in favour of a party in an election dispute by disowning documents that it not only issued but also duly certified.<\/p>\n<p>Justice K. I. Amadi said this while delivering the lead judgment in the case involving the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe INEC as an institution should be reminded of its role in an election; to be an unbiased umpire between parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should stop behaving irresponsibly, having in mind that its duty to conduct election has a direct bearing on peace and well-being of the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0CTC Error: You\u2019ve Lost Jurisdiction To Correct Mistakes \u2014 Olanipekun Tells Appeal Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe role of INEC in election dispute should be limited to the tendering of all the documents used in an election and explaining what they were used for and how they were obtained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cINEC should stop dancing naked in the market, pretending that no one is seeing its nakedness and its dancing steps,\u201d the court stated while delivering judgment in a Bauchi State House of Assembly election appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing it of being partisan. 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