The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its suspension of voters registration.
The group, in a suit filed by Ikechukwu Ezechukwu, SAN & Co., the plaintiffs, insisted that the termination of the registration process would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians during the 2023 election.
The suit, which was brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeks an order compelling the electoral body to resume the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
The Plaintiffs raised the following issues for Determination: “Whether having regards to the combined provisions of Sections 76(2), 77(2), 116(2), 117(2), 132(2) & (5) and 178 (2) & (5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended) as well as Sections 9(1), 9 (6), 10(1) and 12(1) of the Electoral Acts, 2022, the Defendant can or has the right or latitude to stop the continuous voter’s registration on 31st July, 2022, about over Seven and Half (71/2) months (208 days), or any other day not until ninety (90) days before the General Elections when there are millions of prospective voters including the Plaintiffs who have not Registered and are willing to do so.”
