The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have again accused the Independent National Electoral Commission...
The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have again accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of deliberately frustrating their case.
Narrating the experience which he termed “excruciating”, Okutepa said: “We are bringing this to your lordships’ notice because we have done everything humanly possible, including letter writing, and persuasion and it seems to us that we need to come before your lordships to come to our aid.”“This afternoon, we received a few copies of IREV reports for a few LGAs in Lagos state, including Agege, Mushin, Oshodi, Isolo, epe, Surulere, Eti-Osa and Alimosho,” he continued.“The same thing with Gombe.
“There are procedures and costs which they are fully aware of. If counsel chooses not to follow them and then just comes here and blames INEC, I don’t think that is correct.“I’m taken aback by this complaint. It is totally unfounded and if counsel has issued a subpoena, he should follow the process. He didn’t consult me about the subpoena and he never brought any issue to me on any refusal to accept any subpoena. We are happy to help in any way we can.
He prayed the court to make an order against INEC to comply with the subpoena and produce the documents they are requesting.Addressing parties, Stephen Adah, one of the justices in the five-member panel, said the lawyers must imbibe the spirit of cooperation. Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf, the only female on the panel, said: “This allegation is becoming a recurring issue.”
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