Tag: Litigation
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INEC processes 476 CTC documents to aid litigation
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has processed 476 requests for Certified True Copies of documents to aid litigation by aggrieved individuals in court. This comes following the recent party primaries conducted for the nomination of candidates to participate in the 2023 general elections. This was disclosed in a statement by Festus Okoye, the commission’s…
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Enugu APC moves to stop LG poll, threatens litigation over exclusion
Less than 24 hours to the Enugu local government elections, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state stormed the state headquarters of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) in protest alleged exclusion of the party. The APC members in their thousands, accompanied by the party’s disenfranchised councillorship and chairmanship candidates clutched…
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How endless litigations obstruct our attempts to improve elections in Nigeria – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again expressed concerns over the conflicting court orders granted to political parties and their candidates.
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Anambra 2021: PDP orders members to withdraw all litigations against party
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked its members in court against the leadership of the party in Anambra to withdraw all litigations ahead of the November governorship poll in the state. The South-East National Vice Chairman of the party, Chief Ali Odefa, made the request in Awka during a meeting of the Zonal Working…
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Edo guber: There’s end to litigation by Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon A scene playing out in Edo State depicts the adage of “the mourner crying more than the bereaved.” It has to do with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its state chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, continuing to litigate matters against Governor Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The…