The Labour Celebration (LP) in Imo, on Tuesday, stated it was not concerned within the inspection of election supplies carried out by the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) in Imo.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) studies that INEC displayed the supplies for inspection in its headquarters in Owerri on Tuesday.
The supplies had been displayed in obedience to a court docket order obtained by the LP for the inspection of Licensed True Copies of paperwork and different supplies used for the governorship election on November 11.
Purposes for the inspection of the supplies had been submitted to
INEC by the LP, PDP, APGA and YPP.
Addressing newsmen, state LP Chairman, Mr Callistus Ihejiagwa, faulted the method of the inspection, declaring that the events had but to agree on the modalities for the inspection.
Ihejiagwa expressed disappointment that though the LP had bought a court docket order mandating INEC to make the supplies out there for inspection, the occasion couldn’t proceed with the method as there have been no agreed guidelines and modalities.
He distanced the occasion from “the flawed course of”, and berated INEC for “falling under expectations“.
In accordance with him, there was no agreed formular for the inspection.
“We’re right here on the behest of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Owerri, which granted us an Order of Courtroom to examine the supplies used for the November 11 governorship election.
“INEC failed to ascertain modalities for the inspection as agreed and we can not afford to proceed with the method.
“In the meanwhile, INEC has not advised us which supplies they’ve made out there for inspection.
“So far as we’re involved, there’s no inspection occurring right here in the present day,” he stated.
The lawyer representing PDP, Mr Gozie Nwachukwu, described the setting and course of as “disorganised, devoid of significant logic and never match to serve its supposed function“.
Nwachukwu referred to as on INEC to reorganise itself with a view to finishing up the method in a extra respectable trend so that each one the stakeholders can go dwelling happy.
The INEC Head of Voter Training and Publicity within the state, Mrs Emmanuella Ben-Opara, had earlier confirmed that the supplies requested for inspection had been all prepared and ready to be inspected.
NAN additional studies that the inspection venue was nevertheless crowded by supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who chanted solidarity songs intermittently.