Enugu West Labour Party Primary: PDP Chieftain Accuses INEC Of Forging Report
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Hon. Chukwuemeka Aneke, has accused some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of forgery of the commission’s monitoring report of the Labour Party primary of Enugu West Senatorial District held on June 8, 2022.
In a petition dated November 10 and written by his solicitors, Bonaventure Madu and Tobechukwu Enem, the petitioner is specifically asking the electoral umpire to investigate the alleged forgery with a view to punishing the perpetrators.
In the letter addressed to INEC Chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud, it was disclosed that the alleged forgery was discovered following discrepancies in a Certified True Copy (CTC) obtained from INEC and documents INEC submitted to court in defense of the LP senatorial election cases.
The petitioner said that during court proceedings on November 7, in the suit No. FHC/AB3/CS/1194/2022, at a Federal High Court in Abuja, “INEC attached and exhibited a totally different and doctored report, dated September 9, and certified by one Ahmed Goni.”
In view of the above discrepancies between the two INEC reports, Hon. Aneke therefore demanded that INEC immediately withdraw the forged document from court within one week and prosecute officials of the commission involved in the criminal act.
His lawyers warned that if INEC fails to withdraw the forged monitoring report and commence the prosecution of the officials involved, they will have no option but to press a criminal charge against the said officials and the commission and follow it up with a civil suit.
The letter read in part: “Curiously, during the court proceedings on November 7, 2022, in the said suit no. FHC/AB3/CS/1194/2022 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, your commission attached and exhibited a totally different and doctored INEC report of the Labour Party Senatorial Districts of Enugu State, dated September 9, 2022, and certified by one Ahmed Goni,” and was tendered by Alhaji Abdulaziz Sani, the lawyers said.
