2023: INEC laments increase in court cases challenging party primaries

, Mahmood Yakubu, says cases in court from the conduct of primaries for the nomination of candidates by political parties were on the increase.

Mr Yakubu said that INEC had studied the various judgments of the tribunals arising from both the 2019 general election, the off-cycle governorship elections and the by-elections conducted so far. “Only two weeks ago, one political party served about 70 court processes on the commission in one day seeking to compel us to accept the nomination or substitution of its candidates long after the deadline provided in the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 General Election had elapsed.“Some of the cases will go up to the Supreme Court.

Mr Yakubu expressed confidence that the workshop would be useful in the area of litigations on the 2023 general elections. “I am glad that the judiciary and the commission are once again collaborating on the eve of the forthcoming general election.“It is exactly 109 days to the 2023 General Election holding in two phases: national elections and its re-enactment as the Electoral Act 2022.

“Similarly, the new Electoral Act confers exclusive jurisdiction to hear pre-election cases on the Federal High Court with regard to candidate nomination in order to reduce forum shopping by litigants, abuse of court process and reduction in the spate of conflicting judgements by courts of coordinate jurisdiction.

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