SERAP welcomes INEC’s extension of voter registration by 60 days

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) extension of voter registration deadline by 60 days.

Reacting to the report on Wednesday, SERAP said the extension still fe short of statutory requirements and international standards.

“We welcome the extension by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of voter registration deadline by 60 days.

“But this extension still falls short of statutory requirements and international standards.

“We’ll see INEC in court next week to make our case for INEC to fully comply with the Electoral Act,” SERAP said.

The Federal High Court in Abuja had, on Monday, this week, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on 30 June 2022.

Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had early this month filed the lawsuit against INEC asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible Nigerians to exercise their rights.”