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The refusal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to obey the Court of Appeal to release the election materials used for the conduct of the February 23, Presidential election may plunge the nation into a monumental crisis.

INEC, by this action, is blatantly standing in the way of justice and working against the will of the people in their quest to salvage the nation and reclaim their stolen mandate at the tribunal.

The refusal of INEC to release the electoral materials to the PDP legal team is completely provocative and shows that the commission is working in cahoots with the APC and Buhari to frustrate the PDP, Atiku, and majority of Nigerians from retrieving our mandate at the tribunal.

INEC and the APC are apprehensive that the materials, particularly the forms EC8D and EC40G covering the nation in addition to the report of the Smart Card Readers used in the election will show at the tribunal that the PDP and Atiku Abubakar clearly won the Presidential election

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The PDP has been reliably informed of how the APC and some compromised top officials of INEC have been boasting that they will never allow these materials and documents to be released to the PDP legal team.

APC and INEC manufactured a groundless claim that the form EC8D, EC40G and the reports of the card readers were not specifically captured in the order of the court whereas the court was unequivocal in its order that all materials used for the election be made available to PDP.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Court of Appeal, among other orders, directed INEC to “release and allow the PDP legal team to inspect, scan, forensically audit and make copies of forms EC40A, EC8A, EC8AVP, EC8B, EC8C, EC8E and ALL OTHER ELECTORAL FORMS and materials including but not limited to ballot papers and voters registers and materials used for the conduct of the presidential election, held across Nigeria on the 23rd of February, 2019, for the purpose of instituting and maintaining an election “

The refusal of INEC to release forms EC8D, EC40G and the reports of the card readers is therefore a deliberate and vicious disobedience to the orders of the court for which the management of INEC should be charged for contempt.

It is important for all Nigerians to note that INEC, having rigged the election in favour of APC, is now seeking ways to frustrate the PDP petition at the tribunal.

INEC, having been exposed, must end its shenanigan and release these documents without further delay.

OPINION By: Yemi Adebowale
Twitter: @yemi_adebowale

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