The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has filed anobjection to the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja halting the collationand announcement of results of the governorship election held in Bauchi Stateon March 9. In a counter affidavit which was deposed to by a HigherExecutive Officer in INEC’s Legal Services Department of the commission HassanAdamu, who argued that the court lacked jurisdiction to dabble into apost-election matter such as the outcome of the Bauchi governorship election. The lawyer informed the court that the decision of INEC toconclude collation for the disputed Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area wasmade based on figures contained in the duplicates of results of the election. INEC contended that the election petitions tribunal had theexclusive jurisdiction to review the decision of the commission in electoralmatters.[