The Nigeria Democratic Coalition (NDC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of denying it the access code required to upload the names of its candidates to the commission’s nomination portal.
The party made the allegation as it prepares to challenge a Federal High Court judgment ordering its deregistration.
Speaking on the development, the party’s National Spokesman, Osa Director, said the NDC approached INEC to obtain the access code needed for the online submission of its candidates but was unsuccessful.
According to him, officials of the electoral commission told the party they would “get back” to them, preventing it from completing the mandatory upload before the court issued the deregistration order.
“We approached INEC to collect the access code to upload the names of our candidates to the INEC portal. They told us that they will get back to us,” he said.
Director insisted that the party’s failure to upload its candidates should not be seen as negligence, arguing that the delay was caused by INEC’s refusal to provide the necessary access credentials.
He added that the NDC would return to INEC to make another request while also pursuing legal action to halt the enforcement of the court judgment.
“We will go back there by tomorrow. I believe by tomorrow we must have filed a stay of execution in court,” he added.
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