David Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor, yesterday said the compulsory use of card reader by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would be resisted in the 2023 general elections in the South East geo-political zone.
Umahi speaking at the old Government house, Abakaliki, while receiving the newly posted Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) to the state, Dr Chukwuemeka Joseph said, “Let me raise a very serious observation as the Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum. I think INEC is generally very hard to South East people during elections especially our brothers and I don’t think we will allow that to continue. The Supreme Court has said that card reader cannot be the basis for authentication of those that registered." "But it’s only in the South East that our brothers would be insisting that it must be and when we go to court, the court will set aside that procedure", he added.
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