{"id":198790,"date":"2022-06-24T20:27:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T19:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=198790"},"modified":"2022-06-24T20:27:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T19:27:34","slug":"2023-inec-gives-conditions-for-parties-to-change-nominated-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/24\/2023-inec-gives-conditions-for-parties-to-change-nominated-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: INEC gives conditions for parties to change nominated candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed two conditions for political parties to change nominated candidates or running mates of their presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>INEC\u2019s Commissioner on Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television\u2019s programme, Politics Today, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA political party cannot substitute a nominated candidate, except in two instances: if the nominated candidate dies. Or if the nominated candidate withdraws from the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny withdrawal must be accompanied by a letter written by the nominated candidate to the political party, indicating he has withdrawn from the race, along with a sworn affidavit sworn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party will now forward same to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/24\/breaking-lawan-loses-as-inec-affirms-machina-as-yobe-north-senatorial-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INEC<\/a>. And these are the documents of withdrawal, which will state who the replacements are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of withdrawal is at the discretion of the nominated candidate and no one else,\u201d Okoye said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed two conditions for political parties to change nominated candidates or running mates of their presidential candidates. 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