The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahood Yakubu, has said the commission is currently facing 600 court cases that arose over the nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections.
Prof. Yakubu made this known at the capacity-building workshop for Justices and Judges on election matters in Abuja, on Monday.
He said; “We identified areas where we need to do more to reduce litigation. As a result, we are witnessing increasingly fewer court cases challenging the conduct of elections by the commission.”  
“However, cases arising from the conduct of primaries for the nomination of candidates by political parties is on the increase.”
“Only two weeks ago, one political party served about 70 court processes on the commission in one day seeking to compel us to accept the nomination or substitution of its candidates long after the deadline provided in the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections had elapsed.”