Supreme Court reserves judgment in INEC, ZLP legal battle on Electoral Act provisions

The Supreme Court has reserved judgement successful an entreaty filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against a Court of Appeal judgement voiding provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 dealing with governmental enactment primaries and rank registers.

The appeal, marked SC/CR/495/2026, arose from a suit filed by the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, astatine the Federal High Court, Abuja, challenging provisions of the Electoral Act which the enactment contended were inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution.

A seven-man sheet of the apex court, presided implicit by Justice Adamu Jauro connected Wednesday reserved judgement aft proceeding arguments from the parties.

INEC represented by Dr Alex Izinyon SAN is the appellant, portion the Zenith Labour Party represented by Ikechukwu Anyalewechhi is the respondent.

The archetypal suit, marked FHC/ABJ/509/2026, was filed by the ZLP against the disputed provisions of the Electoral Act 2026.

The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, presided implicit by Justice Mohammed Garba Umar, dismissed the party’s enactment successful a judgement delivered connected May 5, 2026.

Dissatisfied, the ZLP appealed to the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal successful Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CV/750/2026.

The Court of Appeal, successful i...