Nigeria: LG Polls – NRM Sues Ogsiec for Imposing N250,000 Fee On Candidates

An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, yesterday, fixed November 8, 2024, to hear a suit challenging the Ogun State Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, on the imposition of payment of administrative fee on candidates for local government election.

Recall that OGSIEC announced a N250,000 charge for each chairmanship candidate.

Councillorship candidates were charged N150,000, while female councillorship candidates were to pay N100,000.

The National Rescue Movement, NRM, however, approached the…