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COURT CASES DELAYING PREPARATION FOR 2023 POLLS – INEC

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has revealed that the court processes by political parties are affecting its preparation for the 2023 general elections.

Yakubu stated this at the inauguration of the Electoral Logistics Committee (ELOC) held at INEC headquarters in Abuja.

The INEC chairman said cases arising from the conduct of primaries for the nomination of candidates by political parties had increased, saying that INEC was joined in about 600 cases relating to the conduct of recent primaries and nomination of candidates by political parties for the next year’s general elections.

Yakubu assured of INEC’S strict adherence to court orders.

VOP Lagos

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