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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by alshalz(m): 5:46pm On May 26

Federal Courts given conflicting judgment, it is well

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by IronCondemned: 5:50pm On May 26

The Judi-Sharing is under siege in Emilokan druggie administration.

May God save this country as I see chaos ahead of 2027.

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by chidiokay: 5:50pm On May 26

TimeManager:
Senate had already done the needful, any other thing is nothing but noise and unnecessary distractions.

-Kiss the truth!

Why not remove Bola glasses and gets recommend that wont deceive you

The electoral act 82 and 84, (1) ...where is power given to inec to dictate to short timeline to political parties

Section 82
82. (1) Every registered political party shall give the Commission at least 21 days’ notice
of any convention, congress, conference or meeting convened for the purpose
of electing members of its executive committees, other governing bodies or
nominating candidates for any of the elective offices or “merger” specified
under this Act.

84. (1) A political party seeking to nominate candidates for elections under this Act shall
hold primaries for aspirants to all elective positions which shall be monitored
by the Commission

Debi naa English dem take write am... Explain where inec got the power to dictate or shorten the time frame. That's ALL I ask

Make I read section 29 the FHC cited last week...

29. (1) Every political party shall, not later than 120 days before the date appointed for
a general election under this Act, submit to the Commission, in the prescribed
Forms, the list of the candidates the party proposes to sponsor at the elections,
who shall have emerged from valid primaries conducted by the political party

that's the amended act 2026 written in English... Is it 120days already so under what premise did inec get the power to shorten the timeline that's what the judge adjudicated on

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Peacecore: 5:59pm On May 26

Ndistar:
I am sure you didn't read the judgement. It's same decision with the judgement of youth party

You actually didn't finish the news. You stopped halfway grin

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by MaziObinnaokija: 6:03pm On May 26

Ofunaofu don go drink HERO 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 to stupor grin

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Ofunaofu: 6:13pm On May 26

MaziObinnaokija:
Ofunaofu don go drink HERO 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 🍺 to stupor

Maziiiiii!

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by deeva2: 6:20pm On May 26

Kingozymandias:
Tinubu is getting kicked out next year and nothing can change that. You cant distract us, try more tactics but we are not falling for any of them our focus is kicking out the useless incompetent Tinubu in 2027.

Nigerians have never been this united since MKO. Hatred for Tinubu has united is across religion and tribe. We won't be distracted.

Bring a 100 kingmitchy or a 100 stories on how NDC is drilling oil wells. We won't be distracted
We want Tinubu gone next year

Keep deceiving yourself

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by ijayalolo: 6:26pm On May 26

Heffalump:
P

When you have a sitting president as bad as Tinubu, you must expect stuffs like this to happen.

You people should try to read. Or is it comprehension that is the problem? This judgement is the same as the earlier. INEC has the right to change dates, but it must be within the 90 days period stipulated by the electoral act. Exactly same judgement that INEC cannot move deadlines to be earlier than the 90 days stipulated by law.

Thank you for your attention to this matter

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by ijayalolo: 6:27pm On May 26

anonimi:
That is what you get with Oshiomole's Assembly of Past Criminals, APC and Wike's compromised courts.

How did we get here?
How do we get ourselves out of this quagmire

Is it comprehension that is you people's problem? I'm asking on behalf of somebody. This judgement is the same as the earlier. INEC has the right to change dates, but it must be within the 90 days period stipulated by the electoral act. Exactly same judgement that INEC cannot move deadlines to be earlier than the 90 days stipulated by law.

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Tareq1105: 6:28pm On May 26

Moroccoguy:
Gbam, no noise again. Anyhow they do it all I know is Sowore own my vote.

Wasted vote

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by ijayalolo: 6:28pm On May 26

fasho01:
What does it mean in lay man's term?

The judgement is the same as the earlier. INEC has the right to change dates, but it must be within the 90 days period stipulated by the electoral act. Exactly same judgement that INEC cannot move deadlines to be earlier than the 90 days stipulated by law.

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Arkmanbuddy(m): 6:31pm On May 26

Evergreen4:
Omotosho show me the law...

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Tareq1105: 6:53pm On May 26

Kingozymandias:
Tinubu is getting kicked out next year and nothing can change that. You cant distract us, try more tactics but we are not falling for any of them our focus is kicking out the useless incompetent Tinubu in 2027.

Nigerians have never been this united since MKO. Hatred for Tinubu has united is across religion and tribe. We won't be distracted.

Bring a 100 kingmitchy or a 100 stories on how NDC is drilling oil wells. We won't be distracted
We want Tinubu gone next year

Provided it's not your father that will replace him.

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Jayhome24: 7:09pm On May 26

Akpakomiza2:
This is the correct judgement. Inec reserves the final rights

Pls no need to tell those nuisance let them keep making noise. Dey allslept and head-faced one direction.

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Kingozymandias(m): 7:09pm On May 26

anonimi:
Tinubu is going nowhere next year, with the master strategist having successfully divided the opposition with the help of that clumsy Atiku interview, which provided the excuse for Obi and Kwankwaso to bolt out of a united opposition needed to dislodge the worst president in Nigeria.

Kwankwaso is obviously eyeing 2031, hoping that Tinubu will not succeed with a 3rd term, like Obasanjo who failed to get it in 2007. I hope he won't be disappointed like Eng. Funsho Williams, who was finally killed before the 2007 election that then unknown Fashola won,

Do you think that Kwankwaso is the new Utomi? The unstable, unprincipled, untrustworthy, party-hopping character that was ADC's first presidential candidate in 2007.

You talk too much like a woman. Wait and see 🤣🤣

You will cry tears everywhere. Tinubu is getting kicked out of Aso rock next year

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Peacecore: 7:21pm On May 26

fasho01:
What does it mean in lay man's term?

Are you a layman?

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Peacecore: 7:28pm On May 26

destinychildolu:
Why ? Do you want to tighten the space so others won't contest? Let it be thrown open for everyone. Do you know how long APC has been compiling digital register? Even before INEC announced it. That means they were the one giving INEC instructions. That's the way Tinubu operates

No other person is contesting except those that lost APC ticket. You know this but just being hypocritical.

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Moroccoguy: 7:31pm On May 26

Tareq1105:
Wasted vote

And yours is not going to be waste as well.

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Atlantis585: 7:31pm On May 26

SadiqBabaSani:
Conflicting Judgements everywhere

That’s just because we only have a cash and carry courts system.

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by press9jatv(m): 7:32pm On May 26

abc115:
Source

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/05/2027-polls-your-timetable-must-comply-with-statutory-timeframe-court-tells-inec/amp/

Appeal court will address it again

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Justnation: 7:39pm On May 26

The first ruling stands, the second case is academic and an abuse of the court process. Once a court of competent jurisdiction has ruled on a matter it is wrong for another court of similar rank to adjudicate on the same case that is why PDP ibadan convention was voided by the supreme Court despite the go ahead judgement of the ibadan court

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Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by DmonSlayer10: 7:50pm On May 26

helinues:
They shouldn't distract INEC in preparing early for the 2027 election

Not everyone is religious, let the already fixed date remain

Aahhaa!! So your prayers has always been that Muslims...especially Northern Muslims...should be disenfranchised Abi?

You want them to stay away from voting due to the Ramadan so that it'll be a little easier for Tinubu,right?

Kikikikikiki.....

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Peacecore: 7:52pm On May 26

chidiokay:
Why not remove Bola glasses and gets recommend that wont deceive you

The electoral act 82 and 84, (1) ...where is power given to inec to dictate to short timeline to political parties

Section 82
82. (1) Every registered political party shall give the Commission at least 21 days’ notice
of any convention, congress, conference or meeting convened for the purpose
of electing members of its executive committees, other governing bodies or
nominating candidates for any of the elective offices or “merger” specified
under this Act.

84. (1) A political party seeking to nominate candidates for elections under this Act shall
hold primaries for aspirants to all elective positions which shall be monitored
by the Commission

Debi naa English dem take write am... Explain where inec got the power to dictate or shorten the time frame. That's ALL I ask

Make I read section 29 the FHC cited last week...

29. (1) Every political party shall, not later than 120 days before the date appointed for
a general election under this Act, submit to the Commission, in the prescribed
Forms, the list of the candidates the party proposes to sponsor at the elections,
who shall have emerged from valid primaries conducted by the political party

that's the amended act 2026 written in English... Is it 120days already so under what premise did inec get the power to shorten the timeline that's what the judge adjudicated on

Have you read section 77 (4) or you don't know about it?

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by jeckin205: 8:14pm On May 26

Summaries of the Court case

Here’s a simple breakdown of the judgment involving the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Social Democratic Party:

What the Court Decided

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court ruled that INEC’s timetable for the 2027 elections must follow the exact timelines stated in the Electoral Act 2026.

The court said:

INEC has the power to create election timetables.

But it cannot reduce or alter time periods already fixed by law.

Key Issue

The main dispute was about deadlines INEC gave political parties for:

conducting primaries,

submitting candidates’ names,

and replacing candidates.

What the Court Held

1. INEC cannot shorten the 120-day submission period

Section 29(1) of the Electoral Act says parties must submit candidates’ names at least 120 days before an election.

The court ruled that:

INEC’s deadlines of 29 August 2026 and 16 September 2026 violated that provision.

Therefore, those deadlines are invalid.

2. INEC cannot reduce the 90-day substitution period

The court also held that:

the law gives parties 90 days for substitution of candidates in certain situations,

and INEC cannot shorten that period through its timetable.

3. INEC can still supervise primaries

However, the court agreed that INEC has authority to:

request party membership registers,

monitor party primaries,

and set schedules related to election activities, as long as those actions comply with the Electoral Act.

About the Case

The suit was filed by the Social Democratic Party.

INEC argued that:

it acted within its powers,

and the case was filed too late (“statute-barred”).

The court rejected that argument and said the case was valid.

Important Political Impact

The judgment means:

INEC may need to revise parts of the 2027 election timetable.

Political parties could get more time for candidate nomination processes.

The ruling reinforces that INEC must strictly obey statutory timelines set by the Electoral Act.

Appeal Situation

The report also says INEC has already appealed a related judgment involving the Youth Party and is seeking a stay of execution while the appeal is pending.

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by Kanwulia: 8:46pm On May 26

Wike’s Supreme Court has spoken.🤣

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by QuinQ: 9:06pm On May 26

ijayalolo:
The judgement is the same as the earlier. INEC has the right to change dates, but it must be within the 90 days period stipulated by the electoral act. Exactly same judgement that INEC cannot move deadlines to be earlier than the 90 days stipulated by law.

Thank you for your attention to this matter

So why is the headline of this thread:
INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court

Are you saying NL got it wrong?

Re: INEC Timetable Is In Line With The Electoral Act - Court by chidiokay: 9:12pm On May 26

Peacecore:
Have you read section 77 (4) or you don't know about it?

1st if you have read the FHC judgement I don't see where section 77 (4) was cited as premises for anythint, however the act says

77. (1) A political party registered under this Act shall be a body corporate with
perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its
corporate name.
(2) A party shall maintain a digital register of its members containing the name, sex,
date of birth, address, State, Local Government, ward, polling unit, National
Identification Number and photograph in both hard and soft copies.
(3) Upon registration, a membership card shall be issued to the member.
(4) Each political party shall make such register available to the Commission not
later than 21 days before the date fixed for the party primaries, congresses or
conventions

INaaenglish dem write am new, there is no provision that say iinec can shorten the superlative 120 days before election as enacted by section 29 cheesy

read the damn judgement

What sub section 4 is saying relative to section 84, political parties will pick a date for convention, Congress and must notify inec 21 days ahead... Very simple and direct. Na English naw undecided