The purpose of section 85 of the Electoral Act, 2010 is for a political party to give sufficient notice of its conventions, congresses, conferences or meetings to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enable it monitor and observe any such event of a political party. [Po 24] Paras. B-C

"In the instant case, the grouse of the Appellants is not that there was no notice to INEC at all but that the notice was short of 21 days as demanded by Section 85(4) of the Act. There is evidence that the 3rd Respondent herein duly attended and monitored by a team of six officials of its state office and two officials from the National Office, the Governorship Primaries of 4th December, 2014 which produced the 1st Respondent and the candidate of the 2nd Respondent, the APe. See Exhibit A3 tendered at the trial tribunal which is titled "Report on Governorship Primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State. -Per Okoro, JSC. Shinkafi & Anor. v. Yari & Ors.  [2016] 1 M. J. S. C (Pt. I)  [Po 24] Paras. E-G