The Federal High Court in Lagos has mandated the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to directly and electronically upload election results from the polling units to the IReV, in the forthcoming governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Lagos State.
The order was issued by Justice Peter Lifu on Wednesday while delivering judgement on a suit filed by the Labour Party and 41 others, in which they prayed the court for an order of mandamus to compel INEC to obey the Electoral Act and its guidelines for the conduct of the elections.
The judge stated that the court was within its rights to entertain the suit because it was commenced in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Justice Lifu also said that the issue at stake was not a pre-election matter because the reliefs sought by the applicants dealt with preparation for elections and not the conduct of the elections.
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He stated that the applicants were only attempting to compel the electoral umpire to comply with the Constitution, its regulations, and guidelines, following its failure to do so during the presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25.
Therefore the court granted the applicants “an order of mandamus directing and compelling the defendant and all its agents and their privies or any persons acting under their directions to comply with and enforce the provision of Clause 37 of the Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022 for the conduct of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State on 11 March 2023, to wit: Mandating the Presiding Officer of all Polling Units to paste the Publication of Result Poster EC60(E) at the Polling Units conspicuously after completing the EC8A result sheet.”
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