Tag: Cross River State

LG poll: Lawyer faults Cross River Assembly, electoral body’s alleged undemocratic acts

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As states justle to meet the federal government directive for the Institution of the third tier of government, in line with the Supreme Court verdict, a lawyer, Mr Eric Ifere, has faulted the alleged undemocratic acts by the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) and the state’s house of assembly.The lawyer, who is counsel to Mr Uket Ifere, a Labour Party (LP) chairmanship aspirant in the scheduled November 2, 2024 local government elections, stated this in a complaint letter written to Gov. Bassey Otu and others.Others copied in the…

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Supreme Court to hear 16 state govts’ suit challenging EFCC’s Establishment Act, Oct 22

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The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, fixed October 22 for the hearing of a suit filed by no fewer than 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and two others. A seven-man panel of justice, led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, fixed the date after the states were joined as co-plaintiffs and leave granted for consolidation of the case in the suit originally filed by the Kogi State Government through its Attorney General (AG). The states that joined in the suit marked:…

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