A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit results during
the March 11 governorship and house of assembly elections in the state.
The order was issued on Friday by Peter Lifu, the presiding
judge.
The judge mandated the electoral body to use the Bimodal
Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to upload a scanned copy of the EC8A to
INEC’s result viewing portal (IReV).
According to the judge, the results must be uploaded immediately
after the completion of voting in all polling units, adding that the results
sheet should be pasted in each PU after voting in the state.
The judge also issued a mandamus order mandating INEC to
enforce Section 27(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 in the distribution of election
materials by hiring impartial, qualified, and dependable logistic companies
that are not partisan.
Lifu made the orders while ruling on a motion ex-parte
marked: FHC/L/CS/370/2023.
The motion was filed by the Labour Party, Gbadebo
Rhodes-Vivour, its governorship candidate in Lagos, and 37 others.
The applicants had approached the court through their
lawyer, Abass Ibrahim.
The substantive matter is fixed to be heard on March 7.
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