Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano
Lawyers to the Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) have petitioned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to analyze the Head of Department, Election and Party Monitoring in Kano, Mrs. Hauwa Buhari, over alleged issuance of a number of inconsistent monitoring stories on the social gathering’s major elections.
The demand was contained in a press assertion dated nineteenth October, 2026 and signed by Magaji Mato Ibrahim, SAN, I.M. Abdullahi, Siraj Hamza and two different legal professionals, on behalf of the NDC Kano chapter.
The legal professionals had been responding to a public assertion issued on seventeenth October by Bola Aidi, SAN & Co., solicitors to 5 individuals claiming candidature below the NDC in Kano, who had described the petition towards the INEC official as political intimidation.
According to the NDC authorized staff, the petition dated sixteenth October was issued on the clear directions of the NDC Kano State chapter and the claims that the management was unaware of it are incorrect and unsupported by any documentary proof.
On the substance of the petition, the legal professionals stated it complains of an goal documentary drawback – the issuance by the identical INEC officer of a number of signed variations of a monitoring report on the NDC Kano major elections.
“The versions are materially inconsistent in content, some are undated, and they list persons who were not screened, cleared or nominated by the party while excluding authentic candidates whose names appear on Form EC9D signed by the National Chairman and National Secretary,” the assertion stated.
The legal professionals added that the officer is claimed to have beforehand admitted lacunas in the report and a corrected model was reportedly forwarded to INEC headquarters with out formal communication or implementation.
They additionally accused the 5 individuals claiming candidature of submitting fits on the Federal High Court with out discover to the genuine candidates of the social gathering, describing it as a violation of honest listening to rules which require that each one events should be joined on the graduation of pre-election issues.
The assertion described as curious and weird, the choice of non-public solicitors to candidates to mount a public defence of an INEC officer.
“Mrs. Hauwa Buhari is an officer of a constitutional body that has the institutional capacity, legal representation and statutory duty to defend its staff and its records,” the legal professionals famous.
They additional argued {that a} monitoring report can’t create a candidacy the place the social gathering’s personal preconditions for participation weren’t met, nor can it override the official submission below part 29 of the Electoral Act, 2026.
The authorized staff known as on the INEC Chairman to trigger a right away investigation into the circumstances surrounding the issuance of the stories, withdraw all faulty variations and situation one genuine, correctly dated report that displays the true candidates nominated by the social gathering.
