Court Of Appeal Fixes March 8th To Rule On INEC’s Move To Vary The Orders Granted To PDP, LP
To Inspect Election Materials
Shina J. O
7/3/23
The Court of appeal has fixed march 8 to rule on the move by INEC to vary the orders granted to People’s Democratic Party,PDP, and Labour Party, LP by the appellate court to inspect the election materials used for the February 25, 2023 Presidential elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had urged the Presidential Election Petition tribunal to vary the orders granted the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to inspect materials used for last presidential election.
When the matter came up on Tuesday, counsel for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Tanimu Inuwa urged the court to vary the order made on march 3, 2023 that it may have gross implication on the forth coming election.
The order in particular is that leave be granted to the PDP and it’s candidate and the LP and it’s candidate to inspect the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine used in the just concluded Presidential Election in the country.
In a counter affidavit, Onyechi Ikpeazu counsel for the Labour party and it’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi want leave of the court to carry out forensic and physical inspection of the BVAS machines to ensure that the evidence is preserved before reconfiguration by INEC.
But INEC in a quick response urged the court to dismissed the application that granting such order will cause serious delay in the conduct of the forth coming governorship election having need to configure One hundred and seventy six thousand BVAS machines across the states .
Also an application was brought before the court by the Counsel For the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Emeka Etiaba for inspection of the material and preservation of the BVAS information.
The All Progressives Congress, APC and it’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in their application also want election materials preserved and relevant documents obtained from INEC .
Justice Joseph Ikyegh who led a 3-man justice panel adjourned to march 8th for ruling on all the applications.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had urged the Presidential Election Petition tribunal to vary the orders granted the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to inspect materials used for last presidential election.
INEC, in a motion on notice filed on March 4, is asking the court to vary the order which restrained it from tampering with materials used for the presidential election.
The commission said the court need to vary the order to enable it reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for themarch 11th Governorship and state houses of assembly elections.
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