n another ruling, the judge also dismissed the contempt charge filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to commit the Chairman of KWSIEC, Baba Okanla, to prison on allegations of violations of valid court order.
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Mr Lifu, who upheld the arguments of Messrs Usman and Sulyman, said since a contempt charge is a criminal charge, it ought to have been served personally on the KWSIEC chairman and not through any other party or person.He said that the failure of the PDP’s lawyer, Ademola Abimbola, to serve the contempt charge on Mr Okanla was a fundamental breach of Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution which denied the contemnor a fair hearing.
“Proceeding of contempt affects citizen’s liberty and where liberty of person is at stake, due process of the law must be carefully followed. The PDP, the plaintiff, had, in the suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1061/2024, sued INEC, KWASIEC, Kwara AG, Inspector-General of Police and State Security Service as 1st to 5th defendants respectively.
It alleged that KWSIEC had applied to INEC for the register of voters in Kwara to use the same in the conduct of the LG polls.The party said the action was in breach and violation of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, the Electoral Act, 2022, as well as Kwara State Local Government Electoral Law, 2024.
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