{
  "id": 13032534,
  "title": "INEC Insists on Supreme Court Verdict, Says Erring Parties Won’t Field Candidates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/inec-insists-on-supreme-court-verdict-says-erring-parties-wont-field",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T04:37:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/09/inec-insists-on-supreme-court-verdict-says-erring-parties-wont-field-candidates/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that political parties fielding candidates whose names were not in the registers submitted to the commission at the close of regulatory time will not be allowed to participate in the 2027 elections. This decision was made following a Supreme Court ruling on September 24, 2026, which affirmed the constitutionality of Sections 77(5), 77(6) and 77(7) of the Electoral Act 2026 and upheld INEC's revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general election. INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mohammed Haruna, explained the implications of the judgement, stating that affected parties would not be allowed to substitute such candidates, and parties should not benefit from violations of the law.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}