Prof Ben Binebai of Niger Delta University (NDU) has backed the call by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HRWAN) that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) comply with a Supreme Court ruling ordering fresh delineation of wards and polling units in Warri Federal Constituency of Delta State.
Binebai disclosed this in a statement recently, stating that HURIWA’s intervention was timely and vital in the struggle for fairness and justice for the marginalised Ijaw and Urhobo communities, who have long alleged systemic exclusion in the constituency.
“This landmark judgment, delivered on December 2, 2022, was a beacon of hope for the marginalised Ijaw and Urhobo communities, who have long suffered the pangs of historical injustices and electoral irregularities, Binebai said. He described the ruling as “a masterstroke of judicial wisdom, crafted to rectify the anomalies of the past and usher in a new era of electoral justice.”
The December 2022 Supreme Court ruling followed years of complaints from community leaders about “fictitious wards, inequitable distribution of polling units, and gross irregularities” that disadvantaged the indigenous Ijaw and Urhobo people in Warri South, Warri South-West, and Warri North Local Government Areas.
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