The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have been given the go ahead to make use of the the PVCs for the conduct of the forthcoming general elections.
This is because a suit filed by a group, Society for Advancement and Protection of Public Rights, seeking a court order to stop INEC from using the PVCs for the general elections was on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, struck out by justice Abdulkadir Abdul-Kafarati of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The plaintiff hinged its prayers on the ground that the use of the card readers was likely to lead to the disenfranchisement of eligible voters, arguing that since INEC had not engaged in trial application of the PVCs and card readers, the effectiveness of the machine could not be guaranteed.
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