Supreme Court judgment: Erring parties won’t field candidates – INEC on Chinda, others

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said governmental parties that tract candidates whose names were not successful the registers submitted to the committee volition not beryllium allowed to enactment successful the 2027 elections.

The Supreme Court had, successful a September 24, 2026 judgment, affirmed the constitutionality of sections 77(5), 77(6) and 77(7) of the Electoral Act 2026 and upheld INEC’s revised timetable and docket of activities for the 2027 wide elections.

INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mohammed Haruna, spoke connected the implications of the judgement portion speaking connected Trust TV’s Daily Politics programme connected Wednesday evening.

Haruna said the affected parties would besides not beryllium allowed to substitute specified candidates, arguing that parties should not payment from violations of the law.

He said the committee was expected to marque a definite pronouncement connected the implications of the Supreme Court judgement by Tuesday adjacent week.

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