By Samuel Olusegun Precious
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will review the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Supreme Court’s judgment on disputed provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 before deciding how to implement it.
Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Wilfred Ifogah, disclosed this while responding to newsmen’s questions on the implications of the judgment.
This comes as some candidates whose political mandates may be affected by the Supreme Court ruling insist that the judgment does not affect them. Ifogah said INEC will first receive the Certified True Copy of the judgment before meeting to study it and decide on its next steps.
The Supreme Court last Thursday upheld INEC’s appeal against a July 16 judgment of the Court of Appeal, which voided some provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 relating to political party membership registers and the nomination of candidates.
The apex court had set aside the appellate court’s decision, thereby restoring the disputed provisions of the new Electoral Act.
Several candidates who emerged after the submission of political parties membership register and those who defected to other parties after losing their initial political party’s primaries are the most likely to be affected by the Supreme Court’s ruling.
