The New Nigeria People’s Party on Wednesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to prioritise restoring public trust in the electoral process, insisting that internal party disputes are not the major cause of voter apathy in the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the NNPP, Ladipo Johnson, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja, reacting to recent concerns raised by the electoral umpire over the impact of internal wranglings within political parties on its operations. Johnson acknowledged that legal battles arising from party disputes often drag INEC into court as a necessary party, thereby placing administrative pressure on the commission. “It is, in a sense, understandable that INEC complains about the disturbances caused by internal party disputes. “B...