A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to stop the continuous voter registration (CVR) until 90 days before next year’s general elections.
In a judgment on Tuesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not deprived the opportunity to have the voter’s card for the forthcoming poll.
Justice Ekwo held that it was the constitutional responsibility of the electoral umpire to make adequate provisions for the voter registration exercise in accordance with Nigerian laws.
“The case of the plaintiffs succeeds on merit,” the judge said.
The judgment was on a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1343/2022 filed by Anajat Salmat and three others, with INEC as the sole defendant.
The plaintiffs, in the originating summons, argued that INEC lacked the powers to stop the continuous voter registration in the face of extant provisions of the constitution.
They urged the court to order the electoral umpire to resume the exercise in accordance with the provisions of the law.
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