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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday sought constitutional powers to disqualify candidates, who do not possess the required qualifications to stand for elections.
Making this request at a retreat organised by the Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution in Abuja yesterday, Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, who said such disqualification would however be subject to judicial review, added that the commission deserved autonomy to regulate electoral process to the extent of disqualifying candidates.
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Making this request at a retreat organised by the Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution in Abuja yesterday, Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, who said such disqualification would however be subject to judicial review, added that the commission deserved autonomy to regulate electoral process to the extent of disqualifying candidates.
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