SAN Okutepa on Electoral Law: Party's Inability to Field Candidates Affects Nominees

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief J. S. Okutepa, has argued that the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Independent National Electoral Commission v Zenith Labour Party cannot realistically be confined to political parties alone, and that the electoral fate of candidates sponsored by a party rendered ineligible to field candidates is inseparable from […] The post “A Candidate Cannot Exist Electorally In A Vacuum” — Okutepa SAN Says Party’s Inability To Field Candidates Has Consequences For Its Nominees appeared first on TheNigeriaLawyer.