Elections: African Bar Association urges INEC to address grievances

The African Bar Association (AFBA) Secretariat in Collaboration with the Human & Constitutional Rights Committee of the Association has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that grievances expressed by the electorate during the recently concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections be addressed and not repeated during the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections.

Speaking during a press conference at AFBA secretariat, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Lagos on ‘The 2023 Nigerian Presidential & National Assembly Elections and the Rule of Law’, Hannibal Uwaifo, president, African Bar Association (AFBA), said the electoral body must address the pitfalls already enumerated in the public domain including reports from other international Observer Groups.