The Independent National Electoral Commission has been unable to provide a list of the workers that took part in the Anambra State gubernatorial elections that held last month to the All Progressives Congress.
INEC is reportedly unable to provide any materials pertaining to the voter’s register except for one in Aguata Local Government.
Lawyers for the APC have been inspecting electoral materials for the most of the past week, without the staff list.
A source told Nation that the list does not exist and was being hurriedly manufactured in order to prevent a further scandal.
Nation reports:
An official, who was a Polling Assistant in Idemili North, was overheard at the INEC office in Awka venting her frustrations because she was asked to complete another form last Friday.
According to her, “they told us that the arrested Electoral Officer for Idemili North has the list of all the staff who worked in the elections for Idemili North, so we cannot be paid until another list is constructed”.
INEC is yet to provide the voucher for payment of electoral staff, another vital document requested by APC lawyers and ordered by the Gubernatorial Election Tribunal.
“We will give them the benefit of the doubt till tomorrow as they requested,” Bona Oraekwe, member of the legal team said.
The tribunal, headed by Justice J K Kaigama, last Wednesday, ordered INEC to avail APC of election materials used for the conduct of the governorship elections. They include voter register for the three-phased elections. The court also granted the prayers of Emeka Ngige (SAN), leading a team of other lawyers for INEC to produce Forms EC8A,EC8B EC8C,EC8D, EC8G,EC8E (results sheets at all levels) used for the elections.