An Appeal Court has rejected a request from Peter, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), to prevent the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from reconfiguring the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections.
A three-member panel of the court of appeal led by Joseph Ikyegh delivered the ruling on Wednesday.
They held that restraining the electoral commission would constrain INEC from conducting the March 11 elections.
In an application, Obi had sought an order of the court “restraining the 1st respondent (INEC) from tampering with the information embedded in the BVAS machines until the due inspection is conducted and certified true copies (CTC) of them issued”.