Director of News and Political Editor of Arise News, Sumner Sambo, says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, cannot dictate to political parties who their candidates should be.
Sambo made this statement on Thursday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.
He was speaking on the list of candidates each political party submitted to the electoral body ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“INEC cannot tell a political party who is or ought to be its candidate
“What INEC can do is be a witness to how a candidate emerges, take down notes, and preserve them, and if the process goes to court, they can present that in court.
“If the process does not go to court, INEC must accept the candidate presented by the party.
“All it has to do is to await for the candidate that has been deprived as the person who claimed he won to approach the court,” he said.
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