Three Warri local government areas

By Dr Ejiro Imuere

I have stated many times before now,  that Itsekiris usually go to court to raise issues of Technicalities and that is why they will usually end up being frustrated and then they will cry foul. And that what they usually Plead in the courts, is actually totally different from what they tell to the Public.

 Can you read all this court Papers carefully filed by Bar. Erewele  to stop INEC from engaging in the Supreme Court ordered delineations of the Three Warri local government areas?

Erewele had already gone to court in Abuja to restrain INEC from attempting to delineate the 25 local government areas in Delta state, claiming that it contradicts the electoral act having conducted registration areas in them last year.

But is there any reasonable cause of action here? .Did INEC announce that she wants to carry out Ward delineations in the 25 LGA of Delta state? Why lie and blackmail INEC? If I were INEC, I would respond that INEC had not even contemplated such a thing.

Rather, what INEC wants to do is a Supreme Court ordered delineations. And it is limited to only Three local governments. It is not being done by the INHERENT POWERS OF INEC, RATHER IT IS A SUPREME COURT DIRECTIVE. It means Bar. Erewele should have sued the Supreme Court not INEC.

INEC doesn't want to delineate it is the Supreme Court that has ordered INEC to do this, having nullified all Previous delineations in the Warri Federal constituency.

It is interesting that Bar. Erewele seeks to stop INEC, from doing this Supreme Court ordered delineations, in a fresh case but He is PRETENDING, Before the Federal high Court in Abuja that HE IS NOT AWARE OF THE SUPREME COURT DIRECTIVE. He is PRETENDING as if he doesn't know that the Supreme Court gave such order. He is trying to play smart as if INEC is using her inherent statutory POWERS and not a Supreme Court directive. This is just being clever by half.

He never made references to the Supreme Court ordered judgment.  Yet before the World on Arise T.V today he said the Supreme Court ordered delineations has been remedied or overtaken by the 2020 amendment of the electoral act. He pretended as if INEC has no such court order hence he used originating summons instead of Write of summons.

If I were INEC lawyer I will simply play his yesterday recorded interview that he is fully aware of the Supreme Court ordered delineations, yet in his fresh application before the courts, he feigned ignorance.

Summary.

Bar Erewele like Don Carlos is only cashing cruise. They should advise their clients to get Prepared for delineations. The Gerrymandering of the Three Warri LGA must come to an end. We want the Truth.