Court orders inecnigeria to transmit election results electronically in Akwa Ibom | TheCable
Obiora Egwuatu, the presiding judge ordered the commission to use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to upload a scanned copy of the EC8A to the INEC result viewing portal , immediately after the completion of all the polling units voting and results’ procedures in the state.
Moses Usoh-Abia, counsel to the applicants, urged the court to direct INEC to comply with its regulations and guidelines of clauses 37 and 38 on the conduct of the elections.He said the order was necessary because the commission, in the presidential and national assembly polls, failed to transmit the results in the state and across the country.
Usoh-Abia said INEC’s refusal to comply with the law had resulted in serious prejudice and had foisted uncertainty and frustration on his clients at their various polling units and wards. Delivering judgment, Justice Egwuatu said he was satisfied that the applicants had complied with the practice direction rules in the filing of their application.
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