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The United Party of Nigeria (UPN) has withdrawn its suit before a Federal High Court seeking an order of injunction cancelling the creation of, delineation of or allocation of any additional polling units in any part of Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Counsel to the Party, Mrs Nella Andem-Raabbana, said the withdrawal followed an announcement by the Chairman of INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega, that the commission has suspended its plans to create additional 30, 000 polling units across the country.
The Party however says it will return to court to seek the reliefs in its motion of notice to stop the process if INEC should reverse its decision.
In three separate motions filed before the court, the party had asked the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the electoral body from creating additional 30,000 polling units in any part of the country without proper recourse to demographics, geographical population, statistics and record of voters within the wards.
The party also prayed the court for an order restraining the commission from putting into use any of additional 30,000 polling units in Nigeria before the 2015 general elections.
The Party further asked for a declaration that the purported creation of additional 30,000 polling units in Nigeria by INEC is, unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
INEC had yesterday suspended its plan to create additional 30, 000 polling units before the 2015 general elections.
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