A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards, TVC.
delivering judgment in a suit filed by two Nigerians seeking the use of TVCs in the general elections when Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are not available, Justice Obiora Egwuatu said the order was made on the grounds that the plaintiffs had been duly registered and captured in INEC’s database.
The judge, however, said he was unable to grant prayer three which was to allow every eligible voter with a temporary card to vote because the suit was not filed in a representative capacity.
According to the court, there was no part of the law, both the 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act that stated that only PVCs could be used in an election but that the law under Section 47 provided for voter’s cards.
