The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed to appeal the judgement permitting electorates to vote with tbe Temporary Voters Card for the forthcoming governorship election.
The spokesperson for INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, made this known to newsmen on Thursday night.
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered INEC to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards in the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections rescheduled ror March 18.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order while delivering judgment on a suit filed by two aggrieved Nigerians, Kofoworola Olusegun and Wilson Allwell, who prayed that they should be allowed to vote with their TVCs, as INEC failed to issue them with their Permanent Voter Cards before it closed the process.
Justice Egwuatu said the order was made on the grounds that the plaintiffs were duly registered and captured in INEC database.
The court held that there was no portion of both the 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act, that states that it is only Permanent Voter Cards that could be used to vote.
However, INEC Spokesman said, “The Independent National Electoral Commission has been served a copy of the judgement delivered today by the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, which ordered it to allow two plantiffs to vote with their Temporary Voter Cards. The commission is taking immediate steps to appeal against the judgement of the trial court.”
