INEC DENIES WITHDRAWING FROM KANO GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION APPEAL
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied news making the rounds that it has withdrawn from the appeal process in the Kano State governorship election petition.
A statement by INEC on Saturday night, and signed by Sam Olumekun, a National Commissioner and Chairman, Committee on Information and Voter Education; he said “we wish to state categorically that the letter was not authorised. It has since been withdrawn and the officer reprimanded.”
“The public is therefore advised to discountenance the insinuation that the Commission has withdrawn from the case or even worse abandoned the appeal.
“We wish to state categorically that where litigants join INEC in a case, the Commission is under obligation to respond accordingly. We have therefore instructed our lawyers to proceed in line with extant policy of the Commission. The policy has not changed.”
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