Prof. Mahmood Yakub, the INEC chairman, received LP legal team in his office
All documents needed by the Labour Party (LP)’s legal team to prosecute its case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, will be provided, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured.
Prof. Mahmood Yakub, INEC chairman, expressed this commitment in a meeting with the LP legal team at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Said Yakubu as quoted in a statement on the Commission’s Facebook page: “INEC has nothing to hide. Documents available at the HQ will be given immediately.
“We are meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners today and we will discuss how other documents at the state level could also be made available to you speedily”.
The meeting with INEC officials was held at the Commission’s national headquarters to start the process of inspection of electoral materials used for the February 25 presidential election.
The head of the legal team, Dr Livy Uzoukwu, led 60 lawyers.
Earlier, the LP had accused INEC of not allowing it inspect the election materials and threatened to protest at the Commission’s offices nationwide.
Stated Yunusa Tanko, LP’s chief campaign spokesman: “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”.
