The Abia State High court, Aba Judicial division coram Hon. Justice A. U. Kalu, Thursday, vacated the interim order of injunction restraining the Abia State Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) from conducting the 18th December, 2020 local government elections.
Disclosing this in a release, the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Chief Uche C. Ihediwa said the Court also ordered ABSIEC to make available relevant forms to political parties wishing to contest the local government elections without charging any refundable deposit.
The release added that the court ordered that ABSIEC should not exclude any candidate of the political parties from participating in the electoral process.
“It is also ordered the All Progressive Congress (APC) to enter into undertaking as to damages up to the maximum of the sum received by the ABSIEC from the candidates of All Progressive Congress (APC),” it noted.