2027: Supreme Court Ruling Targets Party Eligibility, Not Individual Candidates – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified that the recent Supreme Court judgment on the Electoral Act 2026 did not automatically disqualify individual candidates from contesting the 2027 general elections.
 
Rather, the judgment relates to the eligibility of political parties to participate in the election and field candidates where they fail to comply with statutory requirements on membership registers and the nomination of candidates.
 
INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, made the clarification on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking at the commission’s World Press Conference on preparations for the 2027 general elections.
 
Amupitan said the commission ...