Nigeria, March 25 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a suit challenging what it described as the exorbitant fees charged by political parties for their card-carrying members to vie for their tickets to run for public offices.

A human rights lawyer, Ejime Okolie, filed the suit last year ahead of the upcoming 2027 electioneering, suing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and 19 political parties in hopes convicing the court to reverse the nomination fees.

Mr Okolie argued that charging exorbitant fees for expression of interest (EoI) and nomination was a violation of the rights of card-carrying members of the parites who intend to to vie for political offices but cannot afford the costs.

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