Yilwatda,APC National Chairman
All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enforce the Supreme Court judgment on the submission and use of political parties’ membership registers for primaries, congresses and conventions.
The party, in a letter dated Oct. 9 and signed by its National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and National Secretary, Sen. Surajudeen Basiru, called for application of the legal consequences for non-compliance.
This, it said, included barring any defaulting party from fielding candidates in the general elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that judgment was delivered on Sept. 24 in INEC v Zenith Labour Party (Suit No. SC/CV/495/2026).
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NAN also reports that the judgment affirmed section 77 of the 2026 Electoral Act and set aside the Court of Appeal judgment which declared sections 77(5) to (7) and 84(2) of the Act, and Activity Serial Number Two of INEC’s Revised Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2027 general elections unconstitutional.
APC asked INEC to enforce the judgment in accordance with its terms and legal effect, and to verify if each party submitted its digital membership register within the statutory period.
It also asked INEC to apply the consequences under section 77(7) and ensure that only members on the register submitted to the commission vote and are voted for in internal party elections.
