INEC Chairman, Professor Yakubu Mahmood.
In less than two weeks before the Presidential and National Assembly election day, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Yakubu Mahmood, bemoaned the increased lawsuits against INEC in the Court.
The INEC Chairman who made this disclosure on Monday during a meeting with leaders of political parties, said, "18 political parties have over 1,200 cases at the Federal High Courts alone — more than when the commission was dealing with 91 political parties."
Nigeria's electoral umpire also disclosed that voting would not hold in 240 Polling Units on the 25th of February and 11th of March general election days.
According to the INEC Boss, nobody chose to vote in these polling units in 2023.
The electoral body also revealed that 1,574,000 polling agents registered to be at the PUs nationwide during the meeting.
Also, Yakubu informed the leaders of political parties that INEC met with service chiefs to guarantee the security of election officials.
