{"id":103692,"date":"2023-03-17T15:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=103692"},"modified":"2023-03-17T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:15:14","slug":"poll-court-orders-inec-to-paste-transmit-results-electronically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/poll-court-orders-inec-to-paste-transmit-results-electronically\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Court orders INEC to paste, transmit results electronically"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday\u2019s governorship and house of assembly\u2019s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation\u00a0 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\u2019 procedures in Akwa Ibom.<\/p>\n<p>The judge further directed the commission to conspicuously paste the publication of its result posters EC60(E) at polling units after completing the EC8A result sheets in the state.<br \/>\nHe equally ordered INEC 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 polls in the state by engaging the services of independent, competent, and reliable logistic companies who are non-partisans or known supporters of any political for the distribution of electoral materials and personnel.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nEgwuatu held that since the electoral umpire averred in its filed affidavit that it was aware of its responsibilities under the law and had not failed to carry them out, granting the prayers sought by the applicants would not do any harm to the commission but instead, energise its performance.<\/p>\n<p>He gave the judgment following a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom, Uduakobong Udoh, including 13 state\u2019s House of Assembly candidates for the March 18 elections.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nRecall that the applicants, in the originating summons marked: FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/334\/2023 dated and filed on March 15 by their lawyer, Moses Usoh-Abia, had sued INEC as sole defendant.<\/p>\n<p>The applicants, who sought seven reliefs, prayed the court for an order of mandamus compelling INEC and all its agents to comply with and enforce the provision of Clause 37 of the Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of the Saturday\u2019s governorship and house of assembly elections in Akwa Ibom.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThey also prayed the court to mandate the presiding officers of all polling units to conspicuously paste the publication of result posters EC460(E) at the polling units after completing the EC8A result sheets.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThey sought an order of mandamus compelling the commission to mandate the presiding officers of all polling units in the state 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday\u2019s governorship and house of assembly\u2019s election results in accordance with its&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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