Court Orders INEC To Restore, Conduct Elections in Kogi Supressed Constituencies in 2027Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja
A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to restore and conduct elections in suppressed constituencies in Kogi State.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Isah Danshan of the Federal High Court Lokoja, declared as mandatory for elections to be conducted in those suppressed constituencies.
He lamented the injustice over the years, particularly that available fact point to the existence of those constituencies at the creation of the state, ordered for it restoration .
He therefore directed that having been proven beyond reasonable fact, insisted that INEC must without hesitation conduct elections into the suppressed constituencies in 2027.
