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LP accuses INEC of ‘judicial insubordination’ for not allowing Peter Obi access to election materials

by NewsNet Nigeria
2 years ago
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LP accuses INEC of ‘judicial insubordination’ for not allowing Peter Obi access to election materials
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The Labour Party (LP) campaign says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is not allowing Peter Obi, to access election materials.

The court had granted leave to Obi to have access to all the sensitive materials used by INEC.

INEC, however, asked the court to vary the order, saying the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) needs to be reprogrammed ahead of the governorship and state assembly polls.

In a statement on Friday, Yunusa Tanko, spokesperson of the LP campaign, described the move by INEC as “an act of judicial insubordination”.

“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with greatest impunity have refused, neglected and failed to obey the order of the presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja made on the 3rd day of March 2023, directing it to grant the Labour Party and its presidential candidate H.E. Peter Gregory Obi leave to apply and receive from INEC certified true copies of materials used in the presidential election held on 25th February 2023,” he said.

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“It will be recalled that the aforesaid order of the presidential election petition tribunal was duly served on INEC on the 3rd of March 2023 despite the fact that they were present and represented at the tribunal when the order was made.

“Not minding the service of the said order on INEC, and a reminder letter dated the 6th day of March 2023 and delivered same date at the INEC headquarters Abuja, the electoral umpire has continued to ignore and or disobey the valid order of such magnitude till NOW.

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“It should be noted that in a democracy like ours, rule of law must triumph not only in our legal system but also in our body polity as a whole.

“Parties to a litigation like in this instant case must accept and obey every order of the court in good faith and no party should be seen to employ self-help to disparage or disrespect an order of court which if not checked and curtailed could possibly undermine our democracy, rule of law and constitutionalism.

“The action of INEC under reference also constitutes for all intent and purposes, an act of judicial insubordination and willful refusal to comply to the order of court. As we speak INEC has chosen to obey the court order given to it to reconfigure the BVAS machine, which they are doing right now, and ignoring the order granted to us to inspect electoral materials.”

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The Labour Party campaign said the disobeying of the court order is a well-calculated attempt to undermine and frustrate the presentation of the petition by the party.

“We therefore want to state that we will not fail to call our supporters to march to INEC offices nationwide in a non violent protest which is allowed by law. This is to curtail the flagrant disobedience to court orders by INEC,” the LP campaign said.

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