{"id":287644,"date":"2023-09-07T12:05:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=287644"},"modified":"2023-09-07T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:05:03","slug":"tribunal-inec-needs-more-independence-to-birth-credible-elections-adegboruwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/07\/tribunal-inec-needs-more-independence-to-birth-credible-elections-adegboruwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal: INEC needs more independence to birth credible elections \u2013 Adegboruwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Says verdict of PEPT \u201cnot totally unexpected\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Empathises on need for INEC to be independent, non-partisan and effective<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Legal practitioner, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has said the Independent National Electoral Commission needs to be unbundled to make it a more independent, non-partisan and effective electoral umpire in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Adegboruwa, who made this known in a Facebook post on Wednesday, said this is in reaction to the verdict of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/06\/breaking-tribunal-affirms-tinubus-presidential-election-victory-dismisses-atiku-obis-petitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presidential Election Petition Court<\/a> on Wednesday, which he described as \u201cnot totally unexpected\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIn this particular case, the burden placed upon the petitioners in order to upturn the election was practically insurmountable. To make matters worse, INEC practically fought the petitioners to a standstill, as if it was an interested party in the whole process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI honestly don\u2019t think anyone expected a different verdict from what was delivered in Abuja today, particularly the lawyers. The tension was completely unnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adegboruwa also said the verdict should be a reason for \u201csober reflection\u201d by all, especially for the parties in court, their lawyers and all lovers of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The statement further read, \u201cThis is why we emphasise always that the focus of anyone hoping to birth a true change in our electoral history should be on the electoral umpire. Without first unbundling INEC to make it more independent, non-partisan and effective, anyone declared \u201cwinner\u201d will most often coast to victory in the election tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere can be no real victory in the resolution of the legal issues by the court when the fabric of our democratic engagements seems to have been hijacked and compromised. Part of the lesson in this process is for us to go back and review the electoral process and the litigations following it. INEC as it is presently constituted cannot birth any credible election in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all, maybe there was too much expectation that the status quo will be upturned, whereas many of the principles of law canvased had long been settled by the apex court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Punch reports that the presidential election petitions tribunal, on Wednesday, upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>This development followed petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar; the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, challenging the victory of Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says verdict of PEPT \u201cnot totally unexpected\u201d Empathises on need for INEC to be independent, non-partisan and effective Legal practitioner, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has said the Independent National Electoral Commission needs to be unbundled to make it a more independent, non-partisan and effective electoral umpire in the country. 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