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Following alleged refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party access to electoral materials used in the conduct of the election, as ordered by the Court of Appeal, the candidate of the main opposition party has threatened to pursue the imprisonment of the Chairman of the electoral body, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, by filing contempt proceedings against him.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja had on March 6 ordered INEC to allow Atiku and his party to inspect and obtain Certified True Copy of election materials it used in the conduct of the presidential election. He said: “They have refused to cooperate with the Atiku legal team by making accessible to them ballot papers, electoral materials and other devices used during the election, which the Court of Appeal, Abuja ordered them to give to Atiku nearly two months ago.“If that be the case, they will likely force the Atiku legal team to issue forms 48 and 49 against INEC Chairman, Prof.
The Court of Appeal had in a unanimous ruling delivered by Justice Abdul Aboki, held that it is in the interest of justice for Atiku and the PDP to be given access to inspect materials used by INEC in the conduct of the presidential election.The senior lawyer had told the appellate court that the purpose of the motion was to help the petitioners institute and maintain their petition at the tribunal.
The court also refused to direct INEC to make available all polling documents for forensic analysis as requested by the applicants.Meanwhile, the main opposition party has said that the presidency’s jittery reaction to the media interview granted by a top official of INEC, confirming the existence of a central election results transmission server in the commission, further exposes its nerviness, as the guilty is always afraid.
He stated: “The lesson for all in the latest episode is in the undying verity that no matter how long falsehood appears to thrive, the truth will always come to light and prevail at the end of the day. Both PDP and Atiku had claimed to be in possession of certain documents proving that he won the presidential election overwhelmingly with 1.6 million votes.
Atiku had also insisted that the results he allegedly obtained from the INEC server were neither false, nor contrived, nor concocted.
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