The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) decision to deny the Labour Party’s (LP) and People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidates’ requests to check materials used in the most recent presidential election, which the court had granted, sparked reactions....CONTINUE READING
The choice was made by Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC’s chairman. Professor Mahmood requested the court to have the orders handed to them changed.
In a move on notice submitted on March 4, INEC asked a court modification of the injunction preventing it from tampering with election-related materials, according to a report by PUNCH NEWSPAPERS.
For the subsequent round of voting, the commission ruled that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System needed to be modified.
Atiku and Obi were given permission to examine election materials used by INEC to conduct the presidential election on February 25 by the appellate court on March 3.
The authority was granted after two separate ex parte applications were made by Atiku and Obi, who came in second and third, respectively, in the presidential election won by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress. The authority was granted by a panel of the appellate court led by Judge Joseph Ikyegh.
The commission has submitted an application to the court, which NAN has seen, asking for permission to modify its 176,846 BVAS in time for the March 11 gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections.
