Gov Peter Obi The Appeal court on Wednesday declined the request by Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to scan and make copies of the election materials from INEC ‘s database. Justice Joseph Ikyegh-led three-member panel said that granting the order sought by Obi would hamper the elections scheduled for Saturday. Ikyegh faulted Obi and LP for repeating their request to be allowed to scan and make copies of the electoral materials in INEC’s possession. He held that granting the order would amount to tying down the hands of the electoral body and preventing it from carrying out the functions assigned to it by the 1999 constitution. The court had on March 3 ordered INEC to allow the applicants to inspect and carry out digital forensic examination of all the electoral materials used in the conduct of the elections. Also, to provide them the Certified True Copy (CTC) of result of the physical inspection of the BVAS. The panel held tha...
News Rider is a media and news company that publishes well-researched and balanced reports on national and global events.