Election timetable dispute: Court reserves judgment in INEC’s appeals

T he Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment in two separate appeals over a dispute surrounding the timetable for the conduct of the 2027 elections released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
A three-member justices of the appellate court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Adebukola Bankole yesterday, said date of the judgment will be communicated to parties in the appeal.
Two political parties, Youth Party of Nigeria (YPN) and Social Democratic Party (SDP), had approached two Federal High Courts in Abuja, to nullify the timetable released for the 2027 elections by INEC.
While Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court granted the reliefs sought in...