A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, compelled the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload the results of the March 11 Lagos State governorship and House of Assembly elections on its result viewing portal (IReV).
The presiding judge, Peter Lifu, gave the order in suit number FHC/L/CS/370/2023, filed by the Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP), its governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and 40 others on Thursday.
Controversies have continued to trail the conduct of last week’s presidential and National Assembly elections following INEC’s failure to electronically transmit the entire results on its portal after votes were counted at various polling units.
The applicants, through their lawyer, Ibrahim Abass, had sought an order compelling INEC to adhere to the guidelines on the conduct of elections and preventing the electoral body from engaging persons who are involved in partisan politics from distributing electoral materials.
In his judgement, the Judge held that INEC must obey the electoral law by ensuring the immediate transmission of the result to the portal immediately after collation by presiding officers in each polling unit.
“That leave is hereby granted to the applicant to apply for an order of mandamus compelling the defendant and all its agents and/or their privies or any persons acting under their directions to comply with and enforce the provision of clause 38 of the REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS, 2022, for the conduct of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State on 11 March 2023 to wit: Mandating the presiding officer of all polling units to electronically transmit or transfer the result of the polling units, direct to the collation system and use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to upload a scanned copy of the EC8A to INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) immediately after the completion of all the Polling Units. Voting and results procedures,” the Judge ruled.
The court also restrained INEC from engaging the services of individuals or companies who are members of any political party in the distribution of electoral materials.
“A DECLARATION that the Defendant is bound to enforce the observance and compliance of Section 27(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 in the distribution of electoral materials during the conduct of the Governorship and House of Assembly election in Lagos State on 11 March 2023 by engaging the services of independent, competent and reliable logistic companies who are non-partisans or known supporters of any political party for the distribution of electoral materials and personnel,” the order reads.
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