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Electoral Commission lawfully denominated candidate due to unproven name-change and mismatching academic documents; petition dismissed.
Electoral law – nomination and qualification – name discrepancy between academic documents and national register – burden on candidate to prove change of name under Registration of Persons Act; locus standi of political parties to lodge complaints; power of EC to denominate candidates and to gazette elected candidate under s.14; statutory declaration vs. lawful name-change procedures.
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