**SUMMARY**

The Labour-Party should GO BACK TO THE COURTS AGAIN, for the courts to Interpret the following Sections and Sub-Sections of the Electoral-Act-2022, (with regards to the “COMPULSORY CONFIRMATION AND VERIFICATION” of the written Number of Accredited Voters with the Values of Accredited Voters as captured inside the BVAS-machines during all the levels of collation of results,, and the total re-collation of the whole results wherever there are established errors in the earlier collations..)


1. Section: 47-((2)&(3)).
2. Section: 60(5)
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3. Section: 64-(4(a)&4(b)).
4. Section: 64-(5).
5. Section: 64-(6(a),6(b),6(c),&6(d)).
6. Section: 64-(7).
7. Section: 64-(8.).

Section: 47-((2)&(3))

(2) To vote, the presiding officer shall use a smart card reader or any other technological device that may be prescribed by the Commission, for the accreditation of voters, to verify, confirm or authenticate the particulars of the intending voter in the manner prescribed by the Commission.

(3) Where a smart card reader or any other technological device deployed for accreditation of voters fails to function in any unit and a fresh card reader or technological device is not deployed, the election in that unit shall be cancelled and another election shall be scheduled within 24 hours if the Commission is satisfied that the result of the election in that polling unit will substantially affect the final result of the whole election and declaration of a winner in the constituency concerned.

Section: 60-(5)

(5) The presiding officer shall transfer the results including total number of accredited voters and the results of the ballot in a manner as prescribed by the Commission.

Section: 64-(4(a),&4(b))

(4) A collation officer or returning officerat an election shall collate and announce the result of an election, subject to his or her verification and confirmation that the—
(a) number of accredited voters stated on the collated result are correct and consistent with the number of accredited voters recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under Section: 47-(2) of this Act; and
(b) the votes stated on the collated result are correct and consistent with the votes or results recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under Section: 60-(4) off this Act. **(Actually, it is supposed to be Section: 60-(5) of the Electoral-Act-2022)**

Section: 64-(5)

(5) Subject to subsection (1), a collation officer or returning officer shall use the number of accredited voters recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under Section: 47-(2) of this Act and the votes or results recorded and transmitted directly from polling units under Section: 60-(4) of this Act **(Actually, it is supposed to be Section: 60-(5) of the Electoral-Act-2022)** to collate and announce the result of an election if a collated result at his or a lower level of collation is not correct.

Section: 64-(6(a),6(b),6(c),&6(d))

(6) Where during collation of results, there is a dispute regarding a collated result or the result of an election from any polling unit, the collation officer or returning officer shall use the following to determine the CORRECTNESS of the disputed result—
(a) the original of the disputed collated result for each polling unit where the election is disputed ;
(b) the smart card reader or other technology device used for accreditation of voters in each polling unit where the election is disputed for the purpose of obtaining accreditation data directly from the smart card reader or technology device;
(c) data of accreditation recorded and transmitted directly from each polling unit where the election is disputed as prescribed under Section: 47-(2) of this Act; and
(d) the votes and result of the election recorded and transmitted directly from each polling unit where the election is disputed, as prescribed under Section: 60-(4) of this Act. **(Actually, it is supposed to be Section: 60-(5) of the Electoral-Act-2022)**

Section: 64-(7)

(7) If the disputed result under Sub-Section-(6) were otherwise found NOT to be correct, the collation officer or returning officer shall RE-COLLATE AND ANNOUNCE A NEW RESULT using the information in Sub-Section-(6)-((a)-(d)).

Section: 64-(8.)

(8.) Where the dispute under Sub-Section-(6) arose at the level of collation, and the returning officer has satisfied the provision of Sub-Section-(6)-((a)-(d)), the returning officer shall accordingly declare the winner of the election.

bahaushe1:
Op doesn't seems to have ever participated in election in Nigeria.

You just wasted your time, there is nothing to go to court about.

2. What every Ward/RA collation officer does is to ask PO to query the BVAS of his PU. The collation officer than cross check all the necessary information on the device before commencing the process of collating the result of that PU.

3. There a PO present result that contradicts the information on BVAS, he is asked to go and reconcile. If he is unable to reconcile, the ward collation officer help him do that. If reconciliation is not possible and there is glaring error between what is presented and what is contained in BVAS, the result is cancelled.

4. It is not possible to verify and confirm information on BVAS at every point of collation. The information on each BVAS relate to individual PUs while at LGA collation results are collated based summation from Ward/RA. How could one then get information about a ward/RA from BVAS when a ward/RA can have over 10 PUs? Now, think of what would happen at state and national collation. INEC, the chief returning officer for presidential election, would have to go through ALL the BVAS used in the election all over the country before making declaration and return.

5. It should be the duty of political parties assign agents to all PUs and collation centers. You cannot fail to provide agents at all the PUs across the country and then ran to Abuja shout rigging. PUs issues should be addressed by PUs agents. Ward/RA collation issues should be addressed at ward/RA center. LGA collation issues should be raised and addressed there.

Aile:
Oga make una rest o. The deed has already been done

Nawa4nl:
The powers that be down want fair election.

With fair election APC will loose Lagos

SoNature:
What LP needs to do is merge with NNPP and PDP against 2027! If not, it will be an easy ride for APC in 2027!

Babalegba:
Labour party of Nigeria, always labouring in vain

Xxxylxxxx:

Atiku will never accept to be VP.