A chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of violating the constitution and conducting an illegal by-elections.
Naija News reports that INEC, past Saturday, conducted by-elections across the country to fill various vacant political positions.
Speaking on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Galadima accused INEC of violating a section of the Constitution which stipulates that the commission is under obligation to conduct a by-election within three months whenever a vacancy occurs.
Galadima said: “Well, the by-elections have come and gone, except it’s being trailed by so many issues, depending from which side of point you look at it.
“In the first place I want to make a very important issue out of these by-elections. In fact, all of them were conducted illegally by INEC.
“When a vacancy occurs, INEC is under obligation to conduct a by-election within three months.
“Some of the by-elections are being held two years after. For example, the ones in Kano, or at least one in Kano, it was an election that was declared inconclusive by the APC in 2023.
“So if the judiciary is upcoming, and if anybody goes to court to challenge those elections, they could be declared null and void because that is what the Constitution says, not even the Electoral Act.
“This is because when a vacancy occurs, INEC is under obligation to conduct by election within three months. Some of the by-elections are being held two years after.”
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