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Resume Voter Registration, Court Orders INEC
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to resume continuous voter registration (CVR).
According to the order, CVR is to continue until 90 days before the 2023 general elections.
In a judgment on Tuesday, November 22, Justice Inyang Ekwo also directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not deprived of the opportunity to have the voter’s card for the forthcoming poll.
Justice Ekwo held that it was the constitutional responsibility of the electoral umpire to make adequate provisions for the exercise following the Nigerian laws.
“The case of the plaintiffs succeeds on merit,” the judge declared.
Recall that Anajat Salmat and three others had sued INEC as the sole defendant in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1343/2022.
In the originating summons filed before the court, the plaintiffs argued that INEC could not stop the CVR contrary to the stipulated provisions of the constitution.
They urged the court to order the electoral umpire to resume the exercise in accordance with the law of the country.
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