Victory For Labour Party As Court Bars MC Oluomo’s Parks and Garages From Transporting Election Materials

In what is being celebrated as victory for the Labour Party, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday, barred the National Electoral Commission, INEC, from using the Chairman of the Lagos Parks and Garages, Musliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo from distributing election materials in Lagos.

This followed a suit instituted by the Labour Party against INEC citing possible compromise if Oluomo’s organisation is made to distribute election materials.

In granting the order stopping Oluomo, Justice Aneke ruled that, “an order of interlocutory injunction filed by the Labour Party and five others restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (defendant/respondent), whether by itself or by its officers, affiliates, servants, privies or agents or any person acting or purporting to act for and on behalf howsoever from taking any steps or further steps whatsoever in furtherance of the engagement or appointment or consummating the appointment of Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo-led Lagos State Parks Management Committee or any of its commercial bus drivers to distribute 2023 election materials and personnel in Lagos State pending the hearing and determination the substantive suit.”