INEC- under threat Against plot to shift 2019 polls

INEC- under threat Against plot to shift 2019 polls

2019 polls under threat – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm that conflicting orders from courts of concurrent jurisdiction, in respect of lists of candidates by political parties, could threaten the smooth conduct of next year’s general election.


National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, who stated this in Enugu, yesterday, urged the courts to be cautious in issuing ex parte orders while the political parties design means of solving their internal matters amicably without frustrating the Commission’s operations.

One issue that bothers the commission, he said, concerns multiple and contradictory orders emanating from the various courts of law, especially, arising from the party primaries.

“In some of the states, over the same subject matter, by the same parties; we have orders from three different High Courts in a particular state; orders from Federal High Court in a state, orders from the Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, over the same subject and the same issue.


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