Delivering judgment in the suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Justice Obiora Egwuatu also ordered the electoral body to identify suspected perpetrators and their sponsors and ensure their effective prosecution.
According to a statement by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, apart from electoral violence, the court wants INEC to investigate bribery, vote-buying, and conspiracy that were believed to have taken place during the elections.
Justice Egwuatu also ordered INEC to swiftly prosecute all arrested offenders in the 2023 general elections in the custody of the Nigeria Police Force, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and other law enforcement agencies.
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