The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will decide on the sack of Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi and his deputy when served with the court order to that effect.
Festus Okoye, INEC’s chairman, information and voter education committee, said the commission had not receive copies of the judgment from the court.
“The Commission has not been served with a copy of the said judgment. The Commission will meet and take a decision when it is served with a Certified True Copy of the judgment.
“The Commission will meet and take a decision when it is served with a Certified True Copy of the judgment,” Okoye said.
Recall that Justice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday, ruled that Umahi can his deputy could no longer hold their offices, having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under which they were elected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Justice Ekwo also ordered INEC to stop recognizing Umahi and his deputy as well as directed the PDP to send names of their replacements to the commission.
According to him, Umahi had forfeited his governorship when he defected from the PDP to join the ruling APC last year.
