Politico Politico News
Following Supreme Court judgement that nullified victories of All Progressive Congress in Zamfara State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC could not arrive at a decision on Friday, and decided to postpone the meeting till today.
The decisions taken at today’s meeting will be made public on Monday, according to the commission.
Today’s meeting will consider the judgment of the Supreme Court and take decisions.
Recall that the court also ruled that the party that emerged as the runner-up in each of the elections should be declared winner.
The planned meeting of INEC management team was announced yesterday through a press statement signed by Mr.Festus Okoye, a National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee.
The statement reads: “Following the Supreme Court’s judgment delivered today, 24th May, 2019 on the governorship, national and state assembly elections held in Zamfara State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held an emergency meeting to consider the court’s decision.
“The Supreme Court ruled that the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not hold valid party primaries as required by law.
“It held that all the votes scored by the APC in the said elections are wasted votes and declared that the candidates of political parties with the second highest valid votes and the requisite spread should be declared as having been elected.
“The Commission will meet again tomorrow, Saturday 25th May 2019, to further deliberate on the issues arising from the said judgment, while the final decision on the matter will be communicated to the public on Monday 27th May, 2019.”
