Court dismisses suit against INEC, 19 political parties over exorbitant nomination fees

The Federal High Court successful Abuja connected Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by a quality rights lawyer, Ejime Okolie, against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and 19 governmental parties.

Okolie had filed the lawsuit to situation alleged imposition of outrageous look of involvement (EoI) and information fees for card-carrying members vying for governmental offices by parties successful the country.

Justice Binta Nyako, successful a judgment, dismissed the suit connected the grounds that the contented raised by the lawyer falls highly wrong the interior affairs of governmental parties and that the tribunal would not interfere successful specified cases.

According to Justice Nyako, that the fees charged by a governmental enactment is excessively precocious does not magnitude to law wrong.

The justice observed that though each the parties successful the suit were duly served with tribunal documents, lone a fewer of them responded.

She said a fewer of the respondents filed preliminary objections wherever they challenged Okolie’s ineligible close to Institute the case.

The judge, therefore, said that governmental parties person their acceptable rules and guidelines, adjacent though the cons...