‎Breaking: Court orders INEC to restore, conduct elections in 11 Kogi suppressed constituencies

2026-02-27 - 13:47

‎By Boluwaji Obahopo ‎A Federal High Court, sitting in Lokoja has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to restore and conduct elections in the suppressed constituencies in Kogi State. ‎Justice Isah Danshan of the Federal High Court declared as mandatory for elections to be conducted in those suppressed constituencies. ‎He lamented the injustice over the years, particularly that available fact point to the existence of those constituencies at the creation of the State. ‎”Having been proven beyond reasonable fact, the Independent National Electoral Commission must without hesitation conduct elections into the suppressed constituencies in 2027.” ‎In his reaction, Barr. Ayo Kunle Jonathan, the lead legal practitioners to the petitioner expressed satisfaction with the judgement and urged INEC to obey the judgement by conducting elections into the suppressed constituencies. ‎The executive Chairman, Kabba Bunu LGA, who dragged INEC and the Kogi State Government to court, said the cry of the people of the suppressed constituencies has been heard. ‎He called on INEC to without further delay begin the process to conduct elections to the deserving constituencies, insisting that the injustice over the years has been corrected. ‎With the judgement, the electoral umpire is expected to conduct elections in 36 Constituencies in 2027 rather than the 25 lawmakers position in previous elections.