Vunderkind
Social Member
The PUNCH newspaper says that four plaintiffs have asked the Federal High Court to call for the postponement of the general elections scheduled for Bebruary 14-28.
The reason given is that the Permanent voter cards, PVCs have not been suitably distributed.
The plaintiffs' names are: Asogo Torkuma Venatius, Ola Solomon Oluwasanmi, Sunday Attah and Philip Agbese.
They also asked the court to order the INEC to permit the use of the TVCs (Temporary voters cards) for those unable to collec their PVC.
Their argument was that if the election is allowed to proceed as it is right now, “millions of eligible voters stand the risk of being disenfranchised.”
“Till date, over 40 percent of eligible voters who were registered by the 1st defendant for the upcoming general elections were yet to receive their Permanent Voter Card.
“There have been several protests all over the country against the decision of the 1st defendant to go on with the conduct of the general elections without distributing the Permanent voters Card to millions of registered voters all over the country,” part of the statement of claim read.
The reason given is that the Permanent voter cards, PVCs have not been suitably distributed.
The plaintiffs' names are: Asogo Torkuma Venatius, Ola Solomon Oluwasanmi, Sunday Attah and Philip Agbese.
They also asked the court to order the INEC to permit the use of the TVCs (Temporary voters cards) for those unable to collec their PVC.
Their argument was that if the election is allowed to proceed as it is right now, “millions of eligible voters stand the risk of being disenfranchised.”
“Till date, over 40 percent of eligible voters who were registered by the 1st defendant for the upcoming general elections were yet to receive their Permanent Voter Card.
“There have been several protests all over the country against the decision of the 1st defendant to go on with the conduct of the general elections without distributing the Permanent voters Card to millions of registered voters all over the country,” part of the statement of claim read.