With barely 100 days to the 2023 general elections a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise.
The judgment was given byJustice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday while ruling on an application brought before the court by four Nigerians.
Justice Ekwo held that the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise ought not to be suspended until 90 days before the 2023 election as stipulated by law.
The judge ordered INEC not to deprive eligible citizens of the opportunity to have their voter cards for the forthcoming poll.
He said it was the constitutional responsibility of INEC to make
Recall that INEC had first slated June 30 as the deadline for the close of the CVR but extended the deadline to July 31. In a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1343/2022, one Anajat Salmat and three others approached the court with the argument that the electoral body ought not to stop the CVR before the time stipulated by law.
