Jibrin Okutepa, a lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has criticised the Federal High Court’s decision to halt Saturday’s local elections in Rivers State.
On 30 September, the court barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voter register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the elections.
The judge, Peter Lifu, cited RSIEC’s non-compliance with its 2018 law concerning the voter register as a reason for the…
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