{"id":177485,"date":"2025-09-03T13:14:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:23:58","slug":"apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees","title":{"rendered":"APC Threatens Legal Action Over Taraba LG Poll Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to take legal action against the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission, TSIEC, accusing the body of imposing unconstitutional and exorbitant nomination fees ahead of the upcoming local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists at a press conference in Jalingo, APC State Chairman, Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi, criticized TSIEC\u2019s fee structure, which he claimed was deliberately designed to suppress opposition parties and restrict participation in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>According to the commission\u2019s guidelines, chairmanship aspirants are required to pay a non-refundable fee of N1 million, vice chairmanship aspirants N500,000.<\/p>\n<p>While female chairmanship and vice chairmanship candidates are to pay N250,000, for councillorship seats, male candidates are to pay N150,000 and female candidates N75,000.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sudi condemned the charges, labeling them unconstitutional and a violation of democratic principles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe constitution does not mandate any fees to be paid to INEC, and by extension, state electoral commissions have no legal grounds to impose such charges. This is a ploy to frustrate political parties, especially in a time of economic hardship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He called on TSIEC to immediately withdraw the fees from its election guidelines, insisting that the financial demands place undue burdens on aspirants and hinder inclusive democratic participation.<\/p>\n<p>The APC chairman also criticized the Taraba State Board of Internal Revenue for imposing what he described as \u201coutrageous\u201d tax clearance fees of N1 million for chairmanship aspirants and N500,000 for those contesting councillorship positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese figures are not only excessive but unreasonable,\u201d he said, calling for an urgent downward review to ensure fairness.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these grievances, El-Sudi announced that the APC had successfully conducted its primaries across all the sixteen councils of the state and is fully prepared to contest the elections scheduled for November.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed the party\u2019s commitment to ensuring credible, free, and fair local government elections, while warning that failure by the electoral body to address these concerns could lead to legal consequences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to take legal action against the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission, TSIEC, accusing the body of imposing unconstitutional and exorbitant nomination fees ahead of the upcoming local government elections. Addressing journalists at a press conference in Jalingo, APC State Chairman, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,254,18650],"class_list":["post-177485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-taraba-lg-poll"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APC Threatens Legal Action Over Taraba LG Poll Fees - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to take legal action against the Taraba S ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC Threatens Legal Action Over Taraba LG Poll Fees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to take legal action against the Taraba S ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T12:14:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T13:23:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756893246.713882.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APC Threatens Legal Action Over Taraba LG Poll Fees\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-03T12:14:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-03T13:23:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756893246.713882.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Taraba LG poll\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-threatens-legal-action-over-taraba-lg-poll-fees\",\"name\":\"APC Threatens Legal Action Over Taraba LG Poll Fees - 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