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INEC VOTES OVER N3BN TO FIGHT ELECTORAL CASES

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC had budgeted over N3bn to defend the results of the February 25 presidential and national assembly election and the March 18 governorship and state assembly polls.

You will recall that several candidates who lost in the elections have filed petitions at the presidential and state election petition tribunals to challenge the outcome of the polls.

However, INEC in its Election Project Plan for the 2023 general election earmarked N3b for the prosecution of election-related cases

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