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Mr. Nworisa, a Nigerian youth who said he was very active in mobilizing his fellow youths to register with INEC and get their PVCs prior to the 2019 general elections, said he was embarrassed by INEC’s refusal to issue him with one.
He claimed in his suit (No. FHC/KN/CS/125/2019) that INEC succeeded in disenfranchising him, since he was unable to vote during the elections, a situation he said offended the right conferred on him by the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.
He urged the court, through his lawyer, Barr. Kudofoke Oluwatosin Deyon, to determine if “by virtue of the provision of section 77(2) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the provision of section 1(2) of the Registration of Voters Act, and the provision of Article 21 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which Nigeria as a nation ratified) which confers on claimant the right to vote and be voted for, the failure of the first and 2nd Defendant to issue the claimant Permanent Voters Card before the election conducted on March 16, 2019 and various elections does not constitute the disenfranchisement of the claimant.”
INEC, Kano REC, AGF, Sued, Voter’s Card, Nigerian Youth
Nworisa said he was disappointed and embarrassed by INEC’s failure to issue him with PVC
Nworisa said if the court reached a conclusion that he was shortchanged by INEC, he wants the court to give an order directing the electoral umpire to immediately issue him his PVC, “having complied with all requirements.”
He further said he wants “an order directing INEC to publicly apologise in two national dailies to the Claimant and other Nigerians who were eligible to vote but were disenfranchised by INEC due to its failure to issue them with their PVCs.”
Counsel to the plaintiff, Kudufoke Oluwatosin Deyon, told Judicial Sketch that his client’s sole aim in suing INEC was to make national agencies responsive and responsible, adding that as democracy continues to take its firm root in Nigeria, lackadaisical attitudes towards the rights of citizens should be discouraged.
Amb. Nworisa also told Judicial Sketch that “This suit is not about me alone. It is about the collective rights of all Nigerian youths. Political participation is a sure way of ensuring that democracy work the way it should. We are supposed to have gone beyond that era where any government agency would just fail to do its job and we all keep mute.”
However, INEC, through its counsel, Barr. Hassan Aminu, queried the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the suit “having regards to the provision of section 2(a) of the Public Officers Protection Act Cp. 41, Laws of the Federation, 2004”, saying the commission’s preliminary objection was predicated upon the fact that the claimant was already statute barred.
The matter has been fixed to be heard on the 7 th day of April 2020.
First published ;https://judicialsketch.com/2020/03/27/inec-kano-rec-agf-sued-over-failure-to-issue-voters-card-to-nigerian-youth/
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