Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), an independent, nonprofit organisation inspiring citizen-led democratic development, says 1,044 election petitions have been filed at tribunals across the country.
This development comes in a statement as KDI has launched “The election petition tribunal data dashboard”—a platform where citizens can have access to information on court proceedings and the outcome of the election petition tribunals.
The dashboard revealed that 470 petitions have been filed against the House of Representatives election, 327 against the State House of Assembly, 180 against the Senatorial, 62 against the Governorship, and 5 against the Presidential poll.
At the level of geo-political zones, 149 were filed in north central, 124 in the north-west and 106 in the north-east, 187 in the south-east, 166 in the south-west, and 301 in the south-south—having the highest petitions.
The KDI dashboard also provided information on 883 petitions filed on the grounds of non-compliance and corrupt practices and 532 were filed against candidates elected without the majority of lawful votes cast.
279 out of the 1,044 petitions were filed on the ground that candidates elected in the elections were not qualified to contest.
The organisation said the dashboard also captures “the petition log, where the users can find the details and get a copy of all petitions filed”.
“The main objective of the EPT dashboard is to provide electoral justice system-related information, especially the EPT, in a simplified manner that is easily accessible by the citizen,” the statement reads.
“We believe this is very important to citizen participation and public enlightening of the EPT processes and procedures.”
