The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Uyo, Akwa
Ibom on Thursday ordered INEC to allow the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
legal team to inspect election materials used during the March 9 Governorship
Election.
The tribunal Chairman, Justice A. M. Yakubu gave the order
while ruling in a Motion on Notice filed by the PDP legal team led by Mr Godwill
Umoh.
Yakubu ordered INEC to comply with the order of the court
without further delay, stressing that it was an offence for the commission to
disobey tribunal order.
Speaking to newsmen, the lead Counsel to Gov Udom Emmanuel
and PDP, Umoh said the party
approached the tribunal through a Notice
on Motion, to order INEC to allow the
party, inspect election materials used
during the governorship election on March 9.
“Actually what we have done today basically, is to take the
motion. It shows the level of compliance not necessarily with the law but with society.
“What we did like I said, we could have gone ordinarily by
written application through the Resident Electoral Commissioner.
”We could have done that through Notice Exparte, without giving the other side notice but
because we needed to bring them, we
always asked for a fair level playing ground as some people normally say.
“Above all legitimately, if we are armed with this order of
the court, it becomes much easier because if you look at the Law, if you make
an application, INEC is supposed to supply
all the information within seven days and if they don’t do that, it becomes criminal.
“We came to court to obtain the leave of the court to order
INEC to allow us to inspect the materials used for the governorship election on
March 9.
“INEC is supposed to be
an umpire like they have done, they conducted
election, so there is nothing to be afraid of providing all the
information required by parties, ” Umoh said.
Umoh added that the inspection of the election materials
would enable the PDP show how they won in the just concluded governorship
election in Akwa Ibom.
Also at tribunal today, the lead Counsel to Mr Nsima Ekere,
the APC governorship candidate in Akwa
Ibom on March 9, election,
informed the tribunal that INEC was frustrating the party from
inspecting the election materials as ordered by the tribunal since April 15.
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