According to Mr Yakubu, the 2023 pre-election lawsuit is 61 less than the 852 recorded in the build-up to the 2019 general elections.
“In the 2019 general election, the Commission was involved in 1,689 cases, made up of 852 pre-election, 807 post-election and 30 electoral offences cases,” he said.
He, however, clarified that all of the lawsuits are purely from elections conducted by political parties.“These are not cases involving elections conducted by the Commission or litigations initiated by it, but purely intra-party matters involving candidates and their political parties mainly due to the absence of internal democracy within parties,” he said.
“In fact, the Commission is only a nominal party in these cases but nevertheless has to be represented by lawyers in all court proceedings.”, which matches local newsrooms with talented emerging journalists to report on under-covered issues around the globe
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