Justice Funmilola Demi-Ajayi of the Federal Excessive Court docket, sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, has criticized the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, over the continuing disaster within the Motion Alliance, AA, celebration.
The choose made the criticism whereas ruling on an software filed by Mr. Kenneth Udeze, who sought to be joined in a lawsuit initiated by Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, the nationwide chairman of the AA, towards INEC.
Justice Demi-Ajayi said that INEC is predicted to behave as an neutral referee with out bias in the direction of any political celebration.
The choose expressed concern that INEC has failed to keep up correct information of its actions, which is creating difficulties for the courtroom.
She famous that this failure on the a part of INEC is contributing to the chaos inside the Motion Alliance and will result in confusion within the courtroom proceedings, because the fee didn’t present the required information.
Justice Demi-Ajayi lamented the extended authorized disputes inside the celebration and emphasised that INEC, because the regulatory physique overseeing political events, has uncared for its obligation to furnish the courtroom with the related particulars wanted to resolve the problems.
The courtroom dismissed Udeze’s software for joinder, stating that it lacked benefit. Moreover, the courtroom imposed a price of N100,000 towards Udeze.
Justice Demi-Ajayi asserted that the proper to hunt aid towards the events to be joined should be established by the plaintiff, who’s already concerned within the go well with.
She indicated that Udeze did not display any multiplicity of claims in his software that ought to have been offered to the courtroom.
The choose insisted that it’s the plaintiff’s prerogative to decide on the defendants within the case and referred to these in search of joinder as “mere meddlesome interlopers.”
She additional said that the events Udeze wished to affix had been neither vital nor important to the go well with and concluded that their inclusion wouldn’t substantiate the case. The courtroom firmly said, “There isn’t a good cause to affix the celebration in search of inclusion within the go well with.”
