BREAKING: Atiku Reveals What INEC Did After Paying N6m To Access Electoral Documents

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating his access to vital electoral documents despite paying N6 million for the certification of the documents. [Continue Reading…]

According to The Premium Times reports, Atiku’s lawyer, Eyitayo Jegede, said this on Tuesday, June 6, at the resumption of proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja.

Jegede said INEC’s refusal to provide electoral documents to his legal team has it difficult for them to prove Atiku’s case against President Bola Tinubu. [

The lawyer had sought to tender some results sheets from 10 Local Government Areas of Kogi state, Ankpa, Dekina, Idah, Ofu, Olamaboro, Yagba East, Yagba West, Kabba-Bunu and Igalamela Odolu

The five-member court panel chaired by Haruna Tsammani turned down Jegede’s move to substantiate their case against Tinubu by tendering some results sheets from Ankpa, Dekina, Idah, Ofu, Olamaboro, Yagba East, Yagba West, Kabba-Bunu and Igalamela Odolu Local Government Areas of Kogi State.[Continue Reading…]

The tribunal said it was improper to tender such sensitive documents piecemeal, explained that the court would have difficulty marking and numbering the documents as exhibits.

Defending his case, Jegede said INEC refused to supply the documents wholesale to Atiku’s legal team.

According to Jegede, INEC allegedly refuses to make election records available after Atiku had paid N6 million as a cost to supply true certified copies of electoral documents

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) disclosed that Atiku’s team was left with no option but to subpoena officials of the electoral commission to bring the required documents before the court.

This development is coming after INEC denied the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi in obtaining electoral documents regarding the February presidential election. [Continue Reading…]

Obi’s lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu, informed the court that INEC has stubbornly refused to produce 70% of the requested electoral documents, including those related to the elections in Rivers and Sokoto states,

For Sokoto State, Mr Uzoukwu said the INEC officials demanded N1.5 million fee to process the documents.

Obi’s lawyer recalled two previous rulings of the court, directing the electoral umpire to grant access to Labour Party for the inspection of electoral documents.

In one of such rulings, the Court had on March 3 and 8 directed the electoral body to make available certified true copies of result sheets and other data obtained from the BVAS machines to tender same to aid the petitioner’s case.

Mr Uzoukwu, however said despite writing five letters and visiting the INEC headquarters in Abuja, the electoral body still failed to release the documents.