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Lawsuit filed against President Bola Tinubu over appointment of APC members as RECs for INEC

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 34 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over the appointment of APC members as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The plaintiffs are seeking to set aside the appointment, claiming it is unconstitutional and unlawful.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 34 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the appointment of at least four members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and allies of high-ranking politicians as new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ).” The Senate has confirmed the appointment of seven out of 10 newly appointed RECs for INEC .

The alleged APC members appointed as RECs include those from Akwa Ibom, Edo, Lagos and Rivers states. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/2353/2023 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, the Plaintiffs are seeking: “an order setting aside the nomination, confirmation and appointment of the alleged APC members as RECs for INEC, for being unconstitutional, unlawful, null, void and of no effec

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

Lawsuit President Bola Tinubu Appointment APC Members Resident Electoral Commissioners INEC

 

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