The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has demanded immediate compliance by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with court order on access, inspection and examination of electoral materials.
Recall that the PDP on Friday, demanded immediate resignation of the INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu.
The Party also called on the Police, DSS to investigate INEC chairman for alleged electoral offences, as well as international sanctions for undermining democracy.
The Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunabga, stated that the Party reviewed the widely-condemned infractions, brazen violation of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and criminal manipulation and alteration of election results by the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC to subvert the will of Nigerians in the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The PDP also said that it had reviewed the latest scheme by INEC to reconfigure the BVAS devices, erase and destroy evidence of its manipulation of the Presidential election, deny Nigerians and political parties, especially our Party and Candidate access to relevant information required to prosecute our case at the Presidential Election Tribunal.
Lead counsel of the Atiku Abubakar’s legal team, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, in a letter to the INEC Chairman demanded immediate compliance with the court order of 3 March, 2023 granting access to Atiku Abubakar for access, inspection and examination of electoral materials of the February 25 presidential election.
He recalled that the Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice Shagbaor Ikyegh, JCA sitting in Abuja, granted orders on 3 March 2023 in favour of Atiku Abubakar for access to the materials.
He said that it was disturbing that despite service of the Court Order on the Commission since 3 March 2023, it is yet to allow their clients and their representatives to access, inspect and/or obtain the needed electoral materials as ordered by the Court despite repeated visits to the Commission and follow-up in respect thereof.
