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The Independent National Electoral Commission, also known as INEC, has denied claims that it refused to let political parties who had been wronged examine election documents as the Appeal Court had instructed.
Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education for INEC, provided the clarification on Sunday during a guest appearance on Arise TV.
In order for "the matters to be handled swiftly," Okoye asked the lawyers of the aggrieved parties to channel their request appropriately.
He further clarified that elections are not held by INEC at the federal level but rather by state and local governments.
Also, according to the INEC Commissioner, the commission will point the parties in the right direction so they may find the resources they need.
In this case, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, declared, "The commission would not willfully or flagrantly disregard the order of a properly constituted court of law.
"In my opinion, the candidates for this election should send lawyers who are familiar with the course of the electoral process and ask for some of these papers.
"Ballot papers are not kept at INEC's headquarters, despite your request to scan electoral ballots.
"The appropriate location to scan the ballots will be at our local government offices because some of them are still there.
Okoye claimed that INEC is only resetting the BVAS to take into account the updated election date.
He said that until all of the data in the BVAS has been sent to the commission's server, it will not permit itself to reconfigure.
Okoye ruled out the notion of INEC for spectators to watch the BVAS being reconfigured because the system holds sensitive biometric data for other people.
