The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has told the legal team of Labour Party that it has nothing to hide with regards to the party’s demand to inspect election materials used for the 2023 presidential poll.
This is as the electoral umpire vowed to provide all documents requested by the party for its ongoing suit against the commission and the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance when the head Labour Party’s legal team, Dr Livy Uzoukwu, led a 60-man legal team to a meeting with representatives of the party on Monday, in Abuja.
The meeting was to discuss modalities to enable the party obtain the documents from the commission.
Yakubu further assured that all Resident Electoral Commissioners at state levels will also make the necessary documents available to the party.
He said;
“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.”
Daily Report Nigeria recalls that the commission came under serious fire over its failure to transmit election results from the presidential election from all polling units across the federation to its Results Viewing Portal on election day.
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