Election Tribunal Refuses To Honour Atiku’s Request To Access INEC’s Server
LAGOS JUNE 2TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has rejected the request of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to have access to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
A five-man panel of the tribunal unanimously refused the request, saying issues have been joined by parties on the existence or otherwise of the server and ruled that the tribunal cannot delve into those issues at the interlocutory stage.
The PDP and Atiku had through their lawyers, led by Levy Uzoukwu, asked the tribunal to compel INEC to grant them access to the server and smart card readers used in the conduct of the election.
They claimed that the results they obtained from the INEC server indicated that Mr Abubakar won the poll with an over six million votes margin.
But the counsel representing INEC, Yunus Usman, in a counter affidavit asked the court to dismiss the application.
“They are asking us to bring something we do not have,” Usman said.
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on Jun 25 2019. Filed under National.
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