The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from enforcing a Federal High Court judgment on its leadership pending the determination of an appeal challenging the decision.
In a motion on notice filed before the appellate court, the party is seeking a stay of execution of the June 24 judgment delivered by the Federal High Court, Abuja, arguing that its enforcement could undermine the appeal and alter the subject matter of the dispute before it is heard.
The SDP is also asking the Court of Appeal to restrain INEC, its officials, agents and privies from taking any steps to implement the judgment until the appeal is determined.
Court documents obtained by BusinessDay show that the appeal, marked CA/ABJ/CV/1011/2026, arose from the judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Umar in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/402/2026.
The respondents in the appeal are Salawu-Adeniyi Mustapha Olaitan, INEC, Shehu Musa Gabam and Uchechukwu Chukwuma.
