Labour Party Loses Suit On Electronic Transmission of Results
…as Court dismisses LP’s suit against INEC.
Thursday March 9th, 2023
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic means of transmitting the 2023 election results.
Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that Section 52(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022, cited by counsel to the party, Monday Mawah, provided for voting and transmission of results in accordance with the procedure to be determined by INEC.
According to him, this is to say that the commission is at liberty to prescribe or choose the manner in which election results shall be transmitted.