The applicant is also asking the court to grant an order of mandamus directing and compelling INEC to prosecute all arrested electoral offenders in the 2023 general election in the custody of law enforcement and anticorruption agencies.
In an affidavit attached to the suit, SERAP averred that by allegedly engaging in electoral violence and other electoral offences in such blatant a fashion, suspected perpetrators and their sponsors have clearly acted in violation of constitutional provisions, international standards and the Electoral Act.
SERAP also maintained that addressing the brazen impunity and reports of electoral violence and other electoral offences during the 2023 general elections would also send a strong message to politicians that they would be held to account for any infringement of the electoral process.It further claimed, in the suit which is yet to be assigned to a judge, that election violence is inconsistent and incompatible with the principles of democracy, the rule of law, transparency and accountability.
SERAP also stated, “When politicians and their sponsors decide to engage in electoral violence and other electoral offences rather than contest fairly for people’s votes, there are possibilities that such politicians will show a disregard for democratic rules and a disposition to adopt illegal means becomes inevitable.
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