Court okays INEC to configure BVAS ahead of Saturday’s guber poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been granted the approval by the Appeal Court in Abuja to configure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for use ahead of March 11 governorship and state assembly elections.
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The approval came following the ruling given by a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh on Wednesday.
The configure will enable INEC conduct the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections.
The panel was delivering ruling in an application by the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, seeking access to inspect and certify sensitive materials used for the conduct of the election.
The panel, however, refused the application to stop INEC from reconfiguring the BVAS.
The panel said INEC’s submission that the accreditation data from the 176,000 BVAS used for the election would be uploaded and stored in the backend of the server, was not challenged or controverted by Obi and the LP and thus they were deemed admitted.
The panel also granted an application by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President-elect, Bola Tinubu access to inspect sensitive materials used for the presidential election to enable him and the party defend the petitions filed against them.
