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Why we allowed underage candidates in 2019 elections —INEC
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) admitted on Friday that it allowed underage candidates to contest the 2019 general elections.
INEC made the admission as it justified its current stance to declare some candidates ineligible to contest the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states for reasons of either the candidates or their running mates being underage.
Findings revealed that eight nominations were declared invalid in Kogi State for the November 16 election while six suffered similar fate in Bayelsa State.
Further checks revealed that the candidate of the Social Democratic…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
