The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the use of card readers for the general election.

In a suit filed before the federal high court in Abuja, the party asked the court to restrict INEC from postponing elections in any polling unit as a result of a malfunctioning card reader.

INEC had said elections in the case where a smart card reader malfunctions, voting will be suspended till a new card reader arrives, or postponed till the next day if a replacement is not available by 2pm.

In the suit dated February 11 a copy of which was sent to TheCable, the party argued that INEC’s insistence — in its regulations and guidelines for the conduct of the elections — that a voter’s identity must be confirmed by the card reader is inconsistent with provisions of the electoral act.

The paragraph states: “10. (a) In accordance with Section 49 (2) of the Electoral Act, a person intending to vote shall be verified to be the same person on the Register of Voters by use of the Smart Card Reader (SCR) in the manner prescribed in these Regulations and Guidelines.

“(b) Any poll official who violates the provision of Clause 10 (a) shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to prosecution.”

The party said this particular regulation does not align with section 49 of the electoral act. The section states: “(1) A person intending to vote with his voter’s card, shall present Issue of ballot papers himself to a Presiding Officer at the polling unit in the constituency in which his name is registered with his voter’s card.

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What the article is saying and the OP interpretation as well as the title are not the same.

This is just silly propaganda. And the OP has still not gotten it: APC kinda propaganda no longer works.

PDP is asking the court to prevent INEC from postponing elections where INEC itself cannot guarantee a card reader as will likely be the case in Anambra. . And they are very correct. Imagine Anambra been postponed cos some persons went to deliberately burn card readers needed for the election.

PDP is saying no to Osun type rigging.

I agree with them

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nameo:
What the article is saying and the OP interpretation as well as the title are not the same.

This is just silly propaganda. And the OP has still not gotten it: APC kinda propaganda no longer works.

PDP is asking the court to prevent INEC to postpone elections where INRC itself cannot guarantee a card reader. And they are very correct. Imagine Anambra been postponed cos some persons went to deliberately burn card readers needed for the election.

PDP is saying no to Osun type rigging.

I agree with them

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Ipob analysis

Losers

PDP is a goner on this one.

So card reader that is already part of the electoral process should be cancelled because of your rigging plan? This thief must be mistaking Nigerians for his inherited online pigs.

Lay all foolish foundation to discredit the decision of Nigerians as much as you can, you Cameroonian thief and your inherited pigs will not go close to aso rock.

They don dey fear already. I tot they said they r confident in wining this. Awon loser.

Oh I see. Smart move by pdp.
Try to get court injunction barring inec from the use of card reader just very close to the Election. So that there is no time for the court or INEC to consider the case. But the injunction has already been secured.

No doubt, this may be one of the things referred to on the 5th Feb letter to Dr. Saraki (see below). Dubai strategy I deeded.

Are they no longer certain of 80% of votes in Edo, 70% in Katsina, 75% in Kano, 80% in Lagos and 100% in Rivers? Very funny set of peeps.

With what I've been getting from my friends in Delta, Atiku would be very lucky to win there. If at all he wins, it would be 55:45%. This state gave PDP more than 1.2m votes in 2015 while Buhari could only manage to secure around 49k votes that year.

I stand to be corrected though but there's no state in Nigeria where PDP is certain of a million vote come Saturday. Their defeat is becoming visible, audible, vocal and perceivable to them reason they've been approaching different courts lately for infinitesimal issues. I won't be surprised to see them in the basketball court soon.

I have sat back to watch how the PDP e-rats have taken over nairaland dishing out series of propaganda back to back eg tinubu,oshomole made path to atiku.

The propaganda had been carefully kept to be bombarded in swaying opinions, while the pigs are already having their "victory lap" I do hope when they would be magmanimous in defeat when the inec brings them to default setting.


Like I always say, let wait for Saturday when reality kicks in

All these fake news and propaganda go end in 3days time.

Does pdp actually want an election. They insisted months ago that it must be card readers and no incidence form. They pushed and pushed and inec bent and camcelled incidence form. Now they are going backward again.

this is false information please.

It is not. It is in cable news.

donphiilopus:
Are they no longer certain of 80% of votes in Edo, 70% in Katsina, 75% in Kano, 80% in Lagos and 100% in Rivers? Very funny set of peeps.

With what I've been getting from my friends in Delta, Atiku would be very lucky to win there. If at all he wins, it would be 55:45%. This state gave PDP more than 1.2m votes in 2015 while Buhari could only manage to secure around 49k votes that year.

I stand to be corrected though but there's no state in Nigeria where PDP is certain of a million vote come Saturday. Their defeat is becoming visible, audible, vocal and perceivable to them reason they've been approaching different courts lately for infinitesimal issues. I won't be surprised to see them in the basketball court soon.

They have found out that card reader will not allow massive inflation in the east.i still think they will get up to a million in delta,rivers and anambra while buhari will get close to 500k

FAKE NEWS!!!

TonyeBarcanista:
FAKE NEWS!!!

How is this FAKE news?

Pdpigz will lose in this world.
They’ll be hearing in heaven

Interesting.

Clerverly:

How is this FAKE news?

PDP Prayer: Nobody should be denied chance to vote on the basis that the Smart Card Reader can't read his PVC as long as his name is on the voter's register...

How does that translate to stopping use of Card reader? Should people be disenfranchised because of some technological lapses?

TonyeBarcanista:
PDP Prayer: Nobody should be denied chance to vote on the basis that the Smart Card Reader can't read his PVC as long as his name is on the voter's register...

How does that translate to stopping use of Card reader? Should people be disenfranchised because of some technological lapses?

Matter of semantics. Was it not what you people were crying against before? Incidence form? Didn't you complain that APC won through incidence form in 2015? Why are you trying to be clever by half?

senatordave1:

They have found out that card reader will not allow massive inflation in the east.i still think they will get up to a million in delta,rivers and anambra while buhari will get close to 500k

Get up to a million in Delta? Seems you don't know how they're canvassing for Buhari in Delta because they believe Ogboru stands a chance only when Buhari wins his election. Did you believe Magnus Abe could win that rerun election then? That's what would happen there come Saturday. Results are gonna be written there as usual. As for Anambra, there's no way a candidate can get up to a million vote there.

Bleep PDP they have been running around spewing propaganda like gushing water but thank God day of reckoning has come. The mind games are over reality beckons

Clerverly:


Matter of semantics. Was it not what you people were crying against before? Incidence form? Didn't you complain that APC won through incidence form in 2015? Why are you trying to be clever by half?

Semantics is very important in this case. PDP isn't against card reader that the party introduced but only saying nobody should be disenfranchised

TonyeBarcanista:
Semantics is very important in this case. PDP isn't against card reader that the party introduced but only saying nobody should be disenfranchised

Meaning what You can explain what they mean..

senatordave1:

They have found out that card reader will not allow massive inflation in the east.i still think they will get up to a million in delta,rivers and anambra while buhari will get close to 500k

Which Million in Delta? If more than 700k come from Delta, na magic.... This time militants are not helping to write results , parade yaff change gear.

senatordave1:

They have found out that card reader will not allow massive inflation in the east.i still think they will get up to a million in delta,rivers and anambra while buhari will get close to 500k

No, the PDP does not want Osun daylight rape to be perpetrated by the INEC using postponement of elections.