Compulsory Date For Courts To Give Judgements In All Pre-election Cases (Party Primaries) In Nigeria.
By Onyekachi Umah, Esq
Daily Law Tips (Tip 223)
Every pre-election dispute must be filed into election tribunals within 14 days of commencement of such dispute. Then, such tribunals (National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal and Governorship Election Tribunals) must deliver judgements on all pre-election cases within 180 days from the date such pre-election cases where filed.
This is to ensure that pre-election cases are not made useless by general elections.
References:
1. Section 285 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and also Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 Alteration (No 21) Act 2017.
2. Supreme Court decision in the case of OBAYEMI TOYIN v. AROGUNDADE SAMUEL MUSA & ORS (2019) LPELR-49328(SC)
3. Supreme Court decision in the case of VIVIAN CLEMS AKPAMGBO-OKADIGBO & ORS v. EGBE THEO CHIDI & ORS (2015) LPELR-24564(SC)
4. Supreme Court decision in the case of FAROUK SALIM v. CONGRESS FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE & ORS (2013) LPELR-19928(SC)
5. Onyekachi Umah, ‘Compulsory Date For Courts To Give Judgements In All Pre-election Cases (Party Primaries) In Nigeria’ (SabiLaw.org, )<https://sabilaw.org/compulsory-date-for-courts-to-give-judgements-in-all-pre-election-cases-party-primaries-in-nigeria/> accessed 1 December 2018.
6. Onyekachi Umah, ‘New Mandatory Duration For Judgements on All Appeals on Pre-election Cases in Nigeria’ (SabiLaw.org, 24 November 2018) <https://sabilaw.org/new-mandatory-duration-for-judgements-on-all-appeals-on-pre-election-cases-in-nigeria/> accessed 1 December 2018
7. Onyekachi Umah, ‘Deadline for Appealing Against Pre-Election Judgements’ (SabiLaw.org, 16 November 2018)<https://sabilaw.org/deadline-for-appealing-against-pre-election-judgements/> accessed 1 December 2018
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