The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it has commenced a review of the Supreme Court judgment restoring key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026.
The development comes amid concerns over the eligibility of
some candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.
INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, disclosed this on
Tuesday at the commission’s World Press Conference in Abuja.
Amupitan said the commission had received complaints from
political parties, aggrieved aspirants and members of the National Assembly
over the implications of the Supreme Court judgment in the case between INEC
and the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP.
The Supreme Court, in its September 24, 2026 judgment,
upheld the constitutionality of sections 77(5), 77(6), 77(7) and 84(2) of the
Electoral Act 2026 and restored INEC’s revised timetable and schedule of
activities for the 2027 elections.
Amupitan said INEC only received the certified true copy of
the judgment on Tuesday and was studying its contents before determining the
next steps.
“We have recently received complaints from some political
parties, and aggrieved aspirants, and even from the National Assembly, drawing
our attention to the recent Supreme Court decision in INEC and Zenit Labour
Party, delivered on the 24th day of September, 2026, affirming the
constitutionality of Section 77, subsections 5 to 7 of the Electoral Act, 2026,
and also upholding our revised timetable and schedule of activities for the
2027 general election.
“We only received the certified true copy of this judgement
this morning, and it is being reviewed,” he said.
The development comes amid questions over the political fate
of several high-profile candidates who changed political parties after their
former parties had conducted or commenced nomination exercises.
Those whose nominations have attracted attention include
Rivers State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
Kingsley Chinda; Delta Central senatorial candidate of the Nigeria Democratic
Congress, NDC, Ovie Omo-Agege; former Cross River State governor and Peoples
Redemption Party, PRP, presidential candidate, Donald Duke; and former Delta
State House of Assembly Speaker, Victor Ochei.
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