There is hope underway for politicians who lost in the recent primaries carried out by political parties, as the Federal High Court in Abuja nullified the revised timetable and schedule of activities by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 general election.
Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling on Wednesday, May 20, held that the time frame set by the electoral body on political parties to conduct primaries, submit, withdraw, and replace names, especially that of candidates in the 2027 general elections, was “inconsistent with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2026”; thus, it was set aside.
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This Day reported that the judgment was on the ruling over the suit filed to challenge INEC’s time frame for the conduct of the 2027 general election, which prevented people who lost in primary elections from jumping into another party and contest for the same position they lost in their previous party.
A Certified True Copy (CTC) of the ruling stated that the suit, which was marked FHC/ABJ/CS/517/2016 and filed by the Youth Party, has INEC as the sole defendant.
Source: Legit.ng