BY QUADRI SALIU
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has decried the conflicting orders given by the court, adding that such conflicting orders make the electoral work difficult to handle.
The electoral umpire maintained that no individual would be allowed to vote except such a person had undergone an electronic authentication of his identity, using its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS.
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, stated this during the commission’s third quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja Tuesday.
He said: “I am aware that some of the cases are still in court and, therefore, sub judice. I must say that some of the decided cases are making our work difficult and we have been crying out loud for a long time. ”In particular, some pre-election litigation relating to the nomination of candidates for elections was not determined until after the elections.
Yakubu also decried the growing number of conflicting court orders and judgments that were usually procured by politicians seeking to outmanoeuvre one another.
Speaking on the forthcoming Anambra election, Yakubu said the commission would use the next few weeks to compile the register of voters for claims and objections, clean up the data, print the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, for collection by registrants and compile the register for each of the 5,720 polling units in the state.
He said: “I want to assure every newly registered voter in Anambra State, including those who applied to transfer from within and outside the state or for the replacement of damaged or lost PVCs that their cards will be printed and made available to them for collection before the election.
‘’Each political party fielding candidates in the election will be given a copy of the voters’ register on 7th October 2021 as published in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the elections.”
