Olusegun ARIYO
Human rights lawyer and political commentator, Deji Adeyanju, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately comply with the recent Supreme Court judgment on the Electoral Act.
Adeyanju, in a statement issued on Monday, urged the commission to remove from its official portal the names of candidates of political parties affected by the judgment.
He said the commission was constitutionally obligated to enforce the decision of the Supreme Court in accordance with Section 287(1) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
According to him, the constitutional provision requires all authorities and persons to give effect to decisions of the Supreme Court.
Adeyanju therefore urged INEC to take immediate steps to implement the court’s orders in full, stressing that compliance should not be selective or delayed.
“The names of all candidates affected by the judgment should be removed from INEC’s official portal as part of the steps required to give effect to the Supreme Court’s decision,” He said.
He further called on the commission to ensure that all necessary administrative actions were taken to achieve full compliance with the judgment.
Adeyanju maintained that INEC’s implementation of the court’s decision should be guided by the constitutional requirement for strict enforcement of Supreme Court judgments.
He urged the commission to act without further delay and ensure that its official records accurately reflect the effect of the judgment.
The call comes amid developments surrounding the interpretation and application of provisions of the Electoral Act following the Supreme Court’s recent decision.
It would be recalled that the seven-member Supreme Court panel recently unanimously allowed INEC’s appeal and restored Sections 77(5), 77(7) and 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026, which had earlier been invalidated by the Court of Appeal.
