MY SUITE AGAINST INEC A CASE OF STRENGHTENING THE SYSTEM BY THE SYSTEM ...Amb. Nworisa Michael
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| Amb. Nworisa Michael |
The claimant is a Civil right and youth Activist who encouraged many youths prior to the 2019 general elections to exercise their franchise and decide who to lead the country in various elective positions. He was one of the pioneers of the Vote Not Fight, Election No Be War and the 9ja Votes campaigns in Kano State.
However, he was not issued his Permanent Voter Card (PVC) thereby denying him his right to vote as a Nigerian youth.
The claimant insisted the action via an originating summons whereinhe is seeking for a Declaration of the Honourable Court;
To instruct the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue him his Permanent Voter Card and to publicly apologize in two national dailies to all Nigerians who were disenfranchised in same manner.
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| Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) |
Barr. Hassan Aminu Counsel to the defendants; Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Resident Electoral Commissioner Kano State who pleaded that the suite be strike out stating that the commission was only empowered to issue Permanent Voter Cards to registered electorates found on their Voter register. However, he didn't deny the issuance of the Temporary Voter Card to the claimant but only stated that the "claimant is not a registered voter". And in like manner "didn't also state that the claimant's Temporary Voter Card isn't their document, nor that it was forged or fake".
The claimant, Amb. Nworisa Michael through his counsel Barr. Tosin Deyon Kudofonke insisted that; "it was the non-diligence of the Defendants that led to the absence of his name and details on the Voter register and that it was the duty of the 1st and 2nd Defendants to explain why his name is not on the Voter's register as he was issued with a Temporary Voter Card"
The case was then adjourned for the 27th January 2021.
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