INEC RECORDS 334 PRE-ELECTION JUDICIAL CASES
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By Sumayyah Olapade
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recommended Nigerians on Thursday to sue candidates if they knew had submitted fake certificates to be eligible to run in the 2023 elections.
The commission also stated that it was involved in 334 pre-election court proceedings arising from political parties’ conduct of congresses and primaries for the 2023 general election.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC, stated these during the inauguration of Dr. Hale Longpet as Resident Electoral Commissioner on Thursday in Abuja.
according to Yakubu, Longpet , a Plateau State native, has been assigned as the REC for Kogi State.
The INEC chairman stated that the commission would publish the personal information of candidates nominated by their political parties for gubernatorial and State Assembly elections in all constituencies throughout the country on Friday, as mandated by law.
According to him, the commission expects the number of complaints to rise with the disclosure of personal information on candidates for governorship, Deputy Governorship, and State Assembly elections.
“I call to all Nigerians (citizens and aspirants) to seize the opportunity to scrutinize the particulars of the candidates and to seek judicial remedies for any observed infraction of the law,” he said.
“The commission has already been besieged with several pre-election cases stemming from political parties’ holding of congresses and primaries for the 2023 General Election.”
“So far, aspirants have filed 334 pre-election lawsuits in various divisions of the Federal High Court around the country, disputing the nomination of candidates or their exclusion from the list presented to the Commission.”
He stated that, despite the fact that these are exclusively intra-party concerns, the commission has been involved in all of the cases.
Yakubu said the issue of internal democracy in parties remains a sore point in the nation’s electoral process in Nigeria, adding that INEC would continue to engage with them while standing firm against any transgression by strictly enforcing the provisions of the law and extant regulations and guidelines.
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