LP complains INEC frustrating its petition through directive to RECs
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
A deliberate effort is being made by the Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to frustrate our presidential election petition at the tribunal, the Labour Party (LP) has complained.
LP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) spokesman Yunusa Tanko raised the alarm in a statement issued in Abuja at the weekend.
He disclosed the INEC Secretary has written a memo to state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to release only results which conform with what the Commission posted on its server.
“The legal team of the OBI/Datti campaign organisation after the last visit to INEC requested for the 36 state results and other materials used for the election,” Tanko said.
“After noticing the slow pace of getting the results, the legal them made urgent request for the release of certified true copies of nine states out of which eight states were released in the sequence of two and six states.
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Memo, a red flag
“At the moment, INEC Secretary has written a letter to all Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) directing them not to release any result that is not in conformity with what was posted on the INEC server, that for us is a RED FLAG.
“It has become very important to keep the Obidient Movement and indeed Nigerians updated of this development,” Tanko stressed, per Vanguard.
“We want to restate that it is important for the survival of our democracy and the stability of our country that INEC keeps to its promise and statement made by the INEC Chairman that all legal materials requested by the legal team will be provided according to the pronouncement of the court.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the press we have now up till Sunday the 19th of March to file in our case. They say a stitch in time saves nine.”