At the court hearing, Justice Inyang Ekwo ruled that it was the electoral body’s constitutional responsibility to make adequate provisions for the exercise in accordance with Nigerian laws.

It thus directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not denied the opportunity to obtain a voter’s card in order to carry out their civic responsibility in the upcoming election.

“The case of the plaintiffs succeeds on merit,” the judge declared.

The judgement was delivered by the court following a summons filed before the court by Anajat Salmat and three others, arguing that INEC can not stop the CVR contrary to the stipulated provisions of the constitution

Anajat Salmat and three others had sued INEC as the sole defendant in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1343/2022.

In the originating summons filed before the court, the plaintiffs argued that INEC can not stop the CVR contrary to the stipulated provisions of the constitution.

They urged the court to order the electoral umpire to resume the exercise in accordance with the law of the country.

Recall in July, INEC ended voter registration across the country.

Meanwhile, in response to the court ruling, INEC said, that it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to resume voter registration before the start of the 2023 general elections.

Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Director of Voter Education, said on Channels TV on Tuesday that the electoral body has yet to obtain true certified copies of the court ruling.

Okoye in his reaction to the court ruling said, “It would be constitutionally and legally impossible for the Commission to resume the Continuous Voter Registration exercise.”

He added that INEC is working on improving the voter registration process for future elections.