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***Awards N10m cost against party
***Judgment won’t affect ADC candidates, party insists
***Atiku heads to S’Court, alleges forged INEC documents over ‘fake’ nomination upload
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — In a split decision of two-to-one, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja yesterday affirmed the judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognising or participating in any state congresses organised by committees appointed by the Senator David Mark-led caretaker leadership of African Democratic Congress, ADC.
But the party in a swift reaction, insisted the judgment does not affect candidates produced through the party’s direct primaries.
Efforts to get INEC’s reaction to the judgement at press time, however, proved abortive as telephone calls and messages sent to the spokesman of the commission were not replied.
However, a three-member panel of the appellate court, in a lead verdict delivered by Justice Okon Abang, said
