The Taraba seat has been vacant in the House of Representatives since the inception of the 10th National Assembly.
A lawyer, Pius Danba, has threatened to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission for delaying the by-election for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency of Taraba State, describing it as “long overdue”.
In a letter sent to INEC on 9 October, Mr Danba stated that INEC was under obligation to conduct a by-election as stated in section 76 of the Nigerian constitution to fill the vacant seat. “It will interest you to know that from the 22nd day of April 2023 to 13th June 2023 is 52 days,” his letter stated, adding that it had been well over 170 days now “since the death of Mr Mohammed and the seat of the member representing Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency has been vacant since the inauguration of the House of Representatives on the 13 June, 2023,” the lawyer’s letter read in part.
Mr Danba added that Section 34 of the Electoral Act 2022, provides for just 21 days grace period after the death of a candidate. “It appears that your commission does not consider the election of Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency to be an equally important constitutional activity at all,” he stated.
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