The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties that any primary election conducted after the commission’s May 30 deadline remains invalid.
According to the electoral body, this position stands unless a higher court overturns an earlier Federal High Court judgment that disrupted the election timetable.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, made the disclosure.
He advised political parties to continue complying with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 while the commission’s appeal is being determined by the Court of Appeal.
“Obviously, for now, any primary held outside INEC’s May 30 deadline will be invalid unless the Court of Appeal overturns the Federal High Court judgment in INEC’s appeal against the ruling that the timetable breached the Electoral Act 2026 in some of its provisions. In other words, for now, the political parties are better advised to be guided by the existing
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