Political party constitution and electoral guidelines

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• CHRISTIAN O. V. INNOCENT (2024)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  28 April 2023

  Supreme Court ruling on election petition regarding primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ezza North West State Constituency.

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  • Admitted facts→
  • Certificate of return→
  • Election petition→
  • Political party primaries→
  • admissions in civil proceedings→
  • appeal dismissal→
  • challenge to primary election by participating aspirant→
  • electoral act 2022, sections 84(5)(c)(i)-(ii), 84(13) and 87(9)→

• YERIMA V. BALAMI (2023)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  6 January 2023

  Analysis of the Supreme Court ruling in Yerima v. Balami regarding the validity of a primary election held outside the proper constituency venue as mandated by

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  • Concurrent findings of fact→
  • Political party primary election→
  • appellate re-evaluation of evidence→
  • electoral act 2022, section 84(5)(c)(i)→
  • electoral act 2022, sections 84(13) and 29(1)→
  • evaluation of affidavit evidence→
  • inec authority to sanction primary-election venue→
  • inec monitoring of party primaries→

• ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) V. MARAFA (2022)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  24 May 2019

  In APC v. Marafa, the Supreme Court addressed electoral processes and the necessity of primaries for political party candidates under the Electoral Act.

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  • 1999 constitution, sections 233(3) and 285(11)→
  • 2019 zamfara state elections→
  • Fresh issues on appeal→
  • Pre-election matters→
  • effect of political party lacking candidates→
  • electoral act 2010, section 87(1) and (9)→
  • evaluation and re-evaluation of evidence on appeal→
  • failure to conduct primaries→