The Plaintiffs who are suing for themselves and on behalf of seven million other Nigerians want to complete the registration process, so that they can obtain their permanent voter cards, and exercise their right to vote.
INEC recently disclosed that out of ten point four million Nigerians who carried out their pre-registration online, only three point four million completed the process at a physical centre.
This represents just thirty two point eight percent of completed online registration.
But in the suit filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, the Plaintiffs are seeking an order to direct INEC to re-activate its continuous voter’s registration exercise to allow the Plaintiffs to complete their registration and collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards.
The Plaintiffs are also seeking an order to direct INEC to provide adequate facilities and deploy personnel to the registration units of the Plaintiffs to enable them complete their registration and collect their PVCs.
The Plaintiffs argue that the inability to complete their registration is entirely due to factors outside of their control.
The suit was filed on behalf of the Plaintiffs by lawyers to Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Kolawole Oluwadare and Adelanke Aremo.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.
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