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JUST IN: “We will obey Court Orders” – INEC reacts to APC, PDP crisis over Primaries

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has finally reacted to the various internal problems rocking the two major political parties in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The commission, on Tuesday evening, issued a statement that it will obey court orders and will obey the rule of law in handling the conduct of party primaries. POLITICS NIGERIA has a copy of the statement, Read Below;

“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) met today, the 23% June 2020 and deliberated on a range of issues including the ongoing conduct of Party Primaries relating to the Edo Governorship election slated for the 19 September 2020, the Court Orders emanating from the administration of political parties and conduct of the primaries, as well as the Code of Conduct and Rules of Engagement for Security Officials on Electoral Duty.”

Party Primaries

“The Commission notes that the conduct of party primaries, including resolution of disputes arising therefrom will end on Saturday 27″ June 2020, while the submission of the list of candidates the parties propose to sponsor at the election and affidavits of validly nominated candidates will close at 6 pm on Monday 29″ June 2020.”

“In view of this and as part of its commitment to deepen the use of technology in elections, the Commission will conduct a training programme for Liaison Officers nominated by all the registered Political Parties on the use of the INEC Portal for uploading nomination forms of candidates. The training will take place at the Conference Hall of the Commission on Thursday 26″ and Friday 27″ June 2020 in two batches, to allow for physical distancing in line with the COVID-19 protocols.”

Court Orders

“Political Parties should note that the organisation and scheduling of various activities and processes leading to the conduct of elections are complex and involve extensive and careful planning and any disruption of these processes comes at a huge cost to the nation. The spate and tenor of pre-election litigations and the conflicting orders emanating therefrom can harm the smooth conduct of primaries and the upcoming elections. The Commission is closely monitoring the cases arising from the administration of political parties, the conduct of primaries and nomination of candidates.”

“This notwithstanding, the Commission restates its avowed commitment to continue to obey all orders and judgements from properly constituted courts in accordance with the mule of law.”

Code of Conduct and Rules of Engagement for Security Officials on Electoral Duty

“The Commission also considered the report from the meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), which recently approved a Code of Conduct and Rules of Engagement for Security Officials on Electoral Duty.”

“The Code is signed by the Chairman of INEC, the National Security Adviser (NSA) as Co-Chairman of ICCES and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) as head of the lead agency in election security. The said Code will be uploaded on the websites of the Commission, the Office of the NSA and the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday 25″ June 2020.”

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