Oct 12, 2026 · 29 min · 9 segments
**As Nigeria moves towards the 2027 general elections, questions are emerging over the absence of some prominent politicians from the list of candidates published by the Independent National Electoral…
Jide OjoGuest
Daniel Ariyo OluwoleHostAminu AbdulrasheedGuestThe INEC's decision on this final list is based on the, the Supreme Court decision on the ZLP's case.
You know, um, there are, uh, there is a pending, uh, judgment of Supreme Court on the issue of, um, the, the, the, the candidates or parties that did not meet the, uh, uh, Electoral Act's, uh, condition of thirty days of submission of list of all the members of, uh, any political party.
You know, there was, um, uh, based on the new amended Electoral Act that all the political parties must submit their names, the registered members thirty days to the primary election.
So some of the parties could not meet up that condition because, uh, there are defection from other ma- mainly the main, uh, playground of the politics, that is the ruling party and major oppositions.
After their primaries, you know, some of their c- uh, uh, members defected to these, uh, smaller parties, so they could not meet up with those, uh, uh, days.
... uh, uh, finally, uh, chose to, uh, comply with one of the Supreme Court decision, uh, in, uh, Zamfara.
Uh, if you remember twenty-fifteen Zamfara, uh, twenty nineteen Zamfara election, uh, when Supreme Court says that if political party contravening Electoral Act or any of those, it should be punished for their contravention and non-compliance.
So they use that and, um, like punish all the po- political parties that did not meet up with that condition.
Even though there are protests among other political parties like in Kano, you know, they said the, uh, their candidate, uh, is not part of the, those that did not, uh, meet up with the conditions or requirements of, uh, Electoral Act.
So there are several of them there that's complaining that the case is not like that of, uh, Gombe, where, where someone run under one political party and rushed to another party, uh, that he can to, to clinch a, a ticket to, to run for, for an election.
so for a case of Fantami and others, you know, uh, there are some prominent political, uh, figures whose, whose name were not actually on the list.
... to conduct a fresh primary and an aspirant subsequently wins, what legal obligations does-
The INEC's decision on this final list is based on the, the Supreme Court decision on the ZLP's case.
You know, um, there are, uh, there is a pending, uh, judgment of Supreme Court on the issue of, um, the, the, the, the candidates or parties that did not meet the, uh, uh, Electoral Act's, uh, condition of thirty days of submission of list of all the members of, uh, any political party.
You know, there was, um, uh, based on the new amended Electoral Act that all the political parties must submit their names, the registered members thirty days to the primary election.
So some of the parties could not meet up that condition because, uh, there are defection from other ma- mainly the main, uh, playground of the politics, that is the ruling party and major oppositions.
After their primaries, you know, some of their c- uh, uh, members defected to these, uh, smaller parties, so they could not meet up with those, uh, uh, days.
... uh, uh, finally, uh, chose to, uh, comply with one of the Supreme Court decision, uh, in, uh, Zamfara.
Uh, if you remember twenty-fifteen Zamfara, uh, twenty nineteen Zamfara election, uh, when Supreme Court says that if political party contravening Electoral Act or any of those, it should be punished for their contravention and non-compliance.
So they use that and, um, like punish all the po- political parties that did not meet up with that condition.
Even though there are protests among other political parties like in Kano, you know, they said the, uh, their candidate, uh, is not part of the, those that did not, uh, meet up with the conditions or requirements of, uh, Electoral Act.
So there are several of them there that's complaining that the case is not like that of, uh, Gombe, where, where someone run under one political party and rushed to another party, uh, that he can to, to clinch a, a ticket to, to run for, for an election.
so for a case of Fantami and others, you know, uh, there are some prominent political, uh, figures whose, whose name were not actually on the list.
... to conduct a fresh primary and an aspirant subsequently wins, what legal obligations does-
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