The Independent National Electoral Commission has urged the general public to scrutinize the credentials of the various candidates seeking elective positions in 2023, adding that Nigerians should not hesitate to sue candidates who may have violated the law.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known during the swearing-in ceremony of Dr. Hale Longpet as Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Abuja, yesterday.
He said: “I appeal to all Nigerians (citizens and aspirants) to seize the opportunity to scrutinise the particulars of candidates and seek judicial remedy for any observed violation of the law, as provided in Section 29 of the Electoral Act 2022.
“Already, the commission has been inundated with numerous pre-election cases arising from the conduct of congresses and primaries by political parties.
“So far, 334 pre-election cases have been filed in various divisions of the Federal High Court across the country by aspirants challenging the nomination of candidates or their exclusion from the list submitted to the commission.”
He said though these are purely intra-party issues, the commission had been joined in all the cases.
