Justice Folashade Ogunbiyi-Giwa of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday held that the Independent National Electoral Commission was wrong to have excluded the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State.
According to the judge, the provisions of sections 31 and 83 of the Electoral Act which holds that INEC cannot disqualify or reject any candidate nominated by a political party for an election is aimed at ensuring that it does not lie within the executive realm of INEC to determine who participates in an election, adding that the intention of the law is to make INEC a true unbiased umpire.
Natasha Akpoti, her deputy, Adams Khalid, and the SDP had approached the court to challenge their exclusion from the 2019 Kogi State governorship election by INEC.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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