Buhari, INEC Lose Bid At Tribunal To Stop PDM’s Petition Over Exclusion From Ballot
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, lost out in their appeal against the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM). Igbere TV reports Mr. Buhari and INEC had filed an application seeking a dismissal of the petition filed by the PDM at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT). PDM and its candidate, Mr. Aminchi Habu, are challenging their exclusion from the February 23 Presidential Election ballot. Mr. Habu and the PDM are asking the tribunal to nullify the election and order the conduct of a fresh one, with their names and logo included. On the other hand,
Revealing: Why tribunal dismisses Atiku, PDP’s request to access INEC’s server
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday dismissed an application by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, requesting permission to have access to the central server said to have been used by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the conduct of the February 23 poll. The Justice Mohammed Garba-led bench of five judges, in a unanimous ruling, upheld the separation objections by the three respondents to the petitioners’ application. The three respondents are INEC, Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress. Dismissing the application, the tribunal held that granting it would amount to pre-judging the
INEC denies resignation of ICT Director
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims that its Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Mr Chidi Nwafor has resigned. The commission made the clarification in a notice on its official twitter handle @inecnigeria, on Saturday. It described the rumour as false, urging members of the public to disregard it. “The rumour circulating that our Director ICT, Engr. Chidi Nwafor has resigned is totally false and should be disregarded. “The Director and another staff have just returned from South Africa where they represented INEC at the high level 5th Annual Meeting of ID4Africa Movement in Johannesburg (from
INEC Received N1.47 Billion For Servers Ahead Of 2019 Election – INEC Spokesman
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) received N1.47 billion to replace and maintain computer servers for use during the 2019 general elections, PREMIUM TIMES has confirmed.It is not clear though how the servers, which store computer data, were used during the polls. But the finding raises fresh concerns over the commission’s recent claim it had no server for the elections. Determining whether the commission operated a central computer database that received election results has become central to the 2019 presidential election dispute, after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said results on the server proved he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari. The electoral
“When they claim they don’t have a server show them” – Dino Melaye Exposes INEC in Fresh Video
Senator Dino Melaye has shared a video of how some consultants hired by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were training INEC adhoc staff on how to transfer election results to INEC server with the card readers before the 2019 election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had insisted that it had no electronic server being sought to be accessed and inspected by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Atiku and the PDP are challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress at
2019 election results to be collated, transmitted electronically, says INEC in 2017
About four months after President Muhammadu Buhari was declared the winner of the 2019 presidential election, controversy continues to trail the election process. Mr Buhari was declared the winner of the February 23, 2019, general election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) having scored highest votes of 15,191,847 to defeat his closest rival, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 11,262,978 votes. Mr Abubakar and his party rejected the results saying they were manipulated. They argued that the results being announced do not tally with what the party collated across the country. The
INEC Servers Exist, ICIR Provides Proof In Fresh Report
A report written by International Center For Investigative Reporting (ICIR) has released some fresh revelations about the controversy whether the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made use of Servers in the 2019 general election or not. The report also confirmed the unconfirmed document earlier obtained by Starnews which indicated that the electoral body has budgetary provisions for Servers, e-collation and e-tracking of election results in 2019 INEC election budget by INEC. The ICIR report reads: “WHETHER or not the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, made use of a central server in storing poll results for the 2019 general election has
Unconfirmed Document Revealed INEC Proposed 5.7bn For Servers In 2019 Election’s Budget
An unconfirmed document obtained by Starnews has revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) budgeted the sum of 5.7 billion naira for nation wide replacement of servers, e-collation, upgrade of server version and for National Data centre. The unconfirmed document sighted by Starnews revealed that the electoral body budgeted #5,767,642,580.00 for E-tracking and E-collation while the breakdown shows that 1,157,850,000 was proposed for replacement of servers for 25 States, #99,750,000 for upgrade of server version of open VR for compatibility with new dell server. Starnews reports that INEC had denied the existence of such server in its reply filed on
Court orders INEC to pay Okorocha N200,000 for withholding certificate of return
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to pay N200,000 to a former Imo State, governor, Rochas Okorocha, for failing to recognise him as the winner of the 2019 senatorial election in the state. The court, in a judgement that lasted over four hours, chided INEC for its failure to issue a certificate of return to Mr Okorocha on allegations he compelled the returning officer of his electoral district, Innocent Ibeabuchi, to declare him the winner of the elections, ‘under duress’. The court presided over by Okon Abang also awarded
INEC Presents certificates Of Return To Winners Of Zamfara Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday presented certificates of return to winners of Zamfara Election in line with Supreme Court judgement which sacked all the candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for not conducting a proper party primary election in line with the electoral act.
