Our legal system frowns at acts of self help, the only means through which the courts can protect its independence and integrity is to disallow the abuse of its processes and orders. To my mind the action of the 1st respondent, (INEC) amounts to an act of lawlessness and disrespect to the rule of law. The election conducted by the 1st Respondent, when this action was pending, was of no moment and it can not deprive the appellant his right to have his case determined in the court of law.
– Coomassie JSC. Odedo v. INEC (2008)