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The aggrieved parties and candidates said the use of the electronic device would not only be against the 1999 Constitution, but also the 2010 Electoral Act (As amended) which proscribed electronic voting in the country

The Governor expressed the fear that should the card readers fail and or many people are unable to vote because of the inability to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, there would be confusion and a serious challenge for the country

The implication of the court order is that the electoral body may order a reprint of the ballot papers if it chooses not to appeal against the judgment

The governor said the APC should stop acting as if Nigeria belongs to the party

With barely three weeks to the conduct of the general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation on Wednesday…

A source close to meeting informed The Eagle Online that during the closed doors session, the issue of the Ekiti State leaked rigging audio tape was extensively debated between senators of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress

In a release signed by its Captain, Seun Soyinka, the body said it decided to embark on this enlightenment drive to engage Nigerians on the importance of voting in the quest for good governance

This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Ali Ahmed (Kwara-APC), which also cautioned against further shift in the election dates

In a statement issued in Dubai on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the multi-pronged efforts to prevent the elections from holding as rescheduled include the use of some 23 portfolio political parties to seek a further shift in the election dates and the destabilization of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s election plan through the orchestrated removal of its Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega

The PDP described as curious the new found interest of the APC on Jega

It would be recalled that in the Nigerian Pilot editions for August 28, 2013 and November 25, 2013, the newspaper carried stories under the caption: Exposed!: Jega’s dirty deals.

This is with less than 10 days to the March 8 deadline given by the commission for the exercise

The APC senators said only dishonest politicians will want Jega to be removed

Olorode said the basic function of the device is to verify the Permanent Voter Cards and authenticate the claims of prospective voters

Speaking on Wednesday when he appeared before the Senate, Jega said the Commission had done its part of the job and was now waiting on the military to give the go ahead for the elections to be conducted

This was just as Jega also revealed to the senators that over four million Nigerians have engaged in multiple voting

In a motion which came under matters of urgent public national importance at the resumed Senate plenary in Abuja on Tuesday, Ndoma-Egba said it was necessary that senators get briefed adequately on the matter by INEC

The INEC boss, however, said the the problem is not with the production of the PVCs but the collection

Jega spoke when he appeared before the Senate to display the workings of the Permanent Voter Cards and Card Reader Machines

Obasanjo, who spoke on Saturday, likened President Jonathan to former Ivorian leader, Laurent Gbagbo, who was disgraced out of power and set his country on the path of crisis in his bid to sit tight as the country’s president