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Complaints Against INEC Over 2023 Presidential Election Valid – Enwezor

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Alphonsus Nweze A Two-time member of Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Chugbo Enwezor, has declared that the complaints against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the last election especially the Presidential Election was valid if they failed to comply with the constitution and relevant laws. Enwezor who was the Chairman of Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary said INEC as a creation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has a duty to conduct election in accordance with the Constitution which is the grand…

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Alleged exclusion: INEC insists Al-Mustapha represented AA, defeated by Tinubu in presidential

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja that retired Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha was the duly sponsored presidential candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in the Feb 25 election.INEC, through its team of lawyers led by Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, insisted that though Al-Mustapha participated in the election, he was defeated, alongside16 other candidates, by Sen. Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.The commission stated this in its reply to a petition marked: CA/PEPC/01/2023 filed by AA and Solomon-David Okanigbuan, the 1st…

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Court orders INEC to paste, transmit Saturday’s poll results electronically

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines.Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to upload a scanned copy of the EC8A to INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) immediately after the completion of all the polling units voting and results’ procedures in Akwa Ibom.The judge further directed the commission to conspicuously paste the publication of…

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Court refuses to order INEC to resume CVR over short day to election

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As preparation for 2023 election heats up, the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to direct the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the continuous voter’s registration (CVR) exercise.Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that going by the date of thie verdict, INEC would have had “just a few days away from 90 days before the general elections.Justice Ekwo, however, declared that INEC “is expected pursuant to the provisions of Sections 76 (2), 77 (2), 116 (2), 117 (2), 132 (2) & (5) and 178 (2) and…

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Group Fault INEC Chairman over De-registration of 2.7m voters

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Alphonsus Nweze The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has faulted the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmud Yakubu over his announcement in far away United States of America (USA), that the commission has yanked off 2.7m voters from the country’s register of voters.Yakubu who made the announcement Tuesday while addressing human right community in USA said those who were removed from the Voter’s register were those who allegedly double-registered.But speaking to the Prime Pointers News Online on telephone interview, the Chairman of…

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Court nullifies Oyetola’s nomination as APC Osun governorship candidate

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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, nullified the nomination of Governor Isiaka Oyetola of Osun as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the July 16 governorship election.Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, nullified Oyetola and his deputy governorship candidate, Benedict Alabi, on grounds that Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, who submitted their names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) violated the provisions of Section 183 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 82(3) of the Electoral Act, 2022.The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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Disqualify Kwara governor over alleged certificate forgery, PDP begs court

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The last is yet to be heard over the battle for the government house in Kwara as PDP on Thursday prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to make an order disqualifying Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara from participating in the state’s 2023 governorship election over alleged certificate forgery.The PDP, in an originating summons filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo, also prayed for an order disqualifying the All Progressives Congress (APC) from fielding a governorship candidate in the poll.The party, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2022 and filed on Aug. 4 by its…

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2023: Lawyer sues INEC over alleged refusal to release CTCs of Tinubu’s nomination forms, others

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A lawyer, Mike Enahoro-Ebah, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over its alleged refusal to furnish him with the certified true copies (CTCs) of the nominations forms and other documents submitted to it by the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Enahoro-Ebah, in a motion on ex-parte dated and filed August 5 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, sued INEC as sole respondent in the matter. In the application marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1337/2022, the lawyer asked the court to direct the electoral umpire to release…

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PVC: Judge urges INEC to ensure Benue IDPs are registered

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Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Guma Local Government Area of Benue are captured in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration.Justice Ekwo made the advice after Mrs Patricia Obi, INEC counsel in a suit filed against the electoral umpire, told the court that it would be difficult for the commission to establish special registration centres for the displaced to get registered.Abraham Aporugha and 30 others, on behalf of all the…

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2023: Some Benue IDPs drag INEC to court over attempt to disenfranchise them

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The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Guma Local Government Area of Benue have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged attempt by the electoral body to disenfranchise them. The IDPs, who are plaintiffs in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/104/2022, are contending among others, that INEC’s alleged refusal to register them and provide them with polling units in their IDP camps amounted to a violation of their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs, through their lawyer, Abraham Aporugha, also told Justice Inyang Ekwo that INEC is…

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