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Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in INEC, ZLP Legal Battle on Electoral Act Provisions
The justices will decide whether Electoral Act provisions on party primaries and membership registers remain in force after the Court of Appeal voided them.
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against a Court of Appeal judgment voiding provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 dealing with political party primaries and membership registers. The appeal, marked SC/CR/495/2026, arose from a suit filed by the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, challenging provisions of the Electoral Act which the party con…