Justice Mohammed Lima of the Federal High Court
in Benin, Edo State, yesterday ruled that inmates
of all prisons across Nigeria have the right to vote
in all elections conducted in the country.
The suit was filed by Victor Emenuwe, Onome
Inaye, Kabiru Abu, Osagie Iyekepolor, Modugu
Odion (for and on behalf of inmates of Nigeria
Prisons) against the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Comptroller-
General of Nigeria Prisons Service.
The plaintiffs had in an amended Originating
Summons, asked the court to determine “whether
having regards to the provisions of section 25 of
the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria 1999, as amended in 2011, and section 12
(1) of the Electoral Act 2010, the plaintiffs are
not entitled to be registered as voters by the
first Defendants.”
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