The National Election Commission (NEC) has denied the consolidated motions to dismiss the judicial review as prayed for by lawyers representing Mr. Musa Hasan Bility et al, in the inter Party conflict of the Liberty Party.
The Board of Commissioners in their ruling Friday instructed the Hearing Officer, Cllr. Muana Ville to take charge of the matter and resume jurisdiction in the inter-party conflict case, involving Bility et al versus Sen. Nyonblee Karnga Lawrence and Emmanuel Azango, all of the Liberty Party.
Lawyers representing Mr. Bility led by Cllr. Hilton Powo accepted and said they will take advantage of the law controlling.
The Nyonblee faction was represented by Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott and Cllr. Augustine Fayiah.
In the Board’s ruling on 18 November 2022, read by its Clerk, Fofee Sheriff said, the Hearing Officer did not err when he issued the stay order on the Convention of the Liberty Party and the motion for judicial review.
The five members Board of Commissioners, led by the presiding and Acting BOC Chairperson, Cllr. P. Teplah Reeves, Floyd Oxley Sayor, Cllr. Ernestine Morgan Away, Josephine Kou Gaye and Barsee Leo Kpangbai signed the two motions in the Liberty party case.
That is the right thing to do….