The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been ordered to resume with immediate effect, the Continuous Voters Registration exercise until 90 days before the 2023 general elections.
The order was handed to the electoral body on Tuesday by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The Judge also directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians were not deprived the opportunity to have their voter card for the forthcoming poll.
Justice Ekwo held that it was the constitutional responsibility of the electoral umpire to make adequate provision for the exercise in accordance with the Nigerian laws.
“The case of the plaintiffs succeeds on merit,” the judge declared.
It would be recalled that Anajat Salmat and three others had sued INEC as sole defendant in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1343/2022.
In the originating summons filed before the court, the plaintiffs argued that INEC cannot 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.