The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgement of a Federal High Court which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to directly and electronically upload the election results of the Governorship and State of Assembly elections from the polling units to the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV).
The other two justices on the panel who agreed with the lead judgement were Justice Olukayode Bada and Justice Onyekachi Otisi.
On March 8, 2023, the Labour Party; its governorship Candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour; and 41 others obtained the order of mandamus to compel INEC to obey the Electoral Act and its guidelines for the conduct of the elections, in a judgement delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Lagos.
The APC noted that the Labour Party had earlier filed a suit against INEC at the Federal High Court, Abuja where it raised the same issues and sought similar reliefs which it re-litigated and re-sought at the Lagos division of the court.
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