The Labour Party has threatened to call for an all-out occupation of Independent National Electoral Commission offices across the country if its petition challenging the results of the 2023 presidential election is thwarted.
The Labour Party of Nigeria has issued a 3-day Ultimatum to the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to allow the Party’s lawyers and her agents to inspect the Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS) machines, alongside other electoral materials or face the Obidient movement.
Chief spokesman, of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LPPCC), Tanko Yunusa said this to our correspondent in a telephone interview.
According to him, the Independent National Electoral Commission has chosen what court order to obey and which to disobey, in clear and fragrant disobedience to the court order empowering LP to inspect BVAS.
He said the Commission has gone ahead to start configuring BVAS machines when the Court asked her to allow the inspection of the BVAS by the Labour Party.
He said such action would tamper with the already stored and contentious result of the Presidential Election for which the Labour Party requested for inspection of the machines.
His words: “They have begun configuring the BVAS machines.
“They denied us, and have not allowed us to have access to the BVAS Machines at all, these are the issues.
“And we are saying that if they do not allow us we would be force to call all our people to come out and mobilize ourselves to go to INEC office and demand for the rights of the people based on the last election.”
“They are disregarding the court order and they have gone ahead to do what they want to do based on the order of the court that gives them the room to say that they can reconfigure.
“They refused to obey the court order that says they should give us the right to inspect the BVAS before they re-configure the machine.
“They took the matter to the court. The Court said they should grant access to the Labour Party to inspect the election materials and also gives them the right to reconfigure the BVAS.
“So they worked in the order to reconfigure but are denying us the access by the same order to inspect the material before they re-configure.”
Tanko said the Party considered the development, as one, in bad faith and would resort to the street to demand justice.
