The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned the letter of its Legal Officer, Kano State office to the effect that it has withdrawn from the appeal process in the ongoing Kano Governorship election petition case.
INEC stressed that it did not authorize the letter and consequently, it had since been withdrawn.
In a statement by the National Commissioner & Chairman,
Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, the Commission stated that its attention had been drawn to media reports based on a letter written by the Legal Officer of our Kano State office indicating that the Commission had withdrawn from the appeal process in the ongoing Kano Governorship election petition case.
Olumekun however, 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 It has since been withdrawn and the officer reprimanded.
“The public is therefore advised to discountenance the insinuation that the Commission has withdrawn from the case or even worse abandoned the appeal.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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