Kano guber tribunal: INEC reprimands officer who issued appeal withdrawal letter

<p>The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has reprimanded its Kano State Legal Officer who issued a withdrawal letter in the appeal against the judgement of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.</p>, <p>The National Commissioner and Chairman Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said in a statement that the letter was not authorized and has since been withdrawn.</p>, <p>He said, “The attention of the Commission has been drawn to media reports based on a letter written by the Legal Officer of our Kano State office indicating that the Commission had withdrawn from the appeal process in the ongoing Kano Governorship election petition case.</p>, <p>“We wish to state categorically that the letter was not authorized. It has since been withdrawn and the officer reprimanded.”</p>, <p>Olumekun urged the public to discountenance the insinuation that the Commission has withdrawn from the case or abandoned the appeal.</p>, <p>“We wish to state categorically that where litigants join INEC in a case, the Commission is under obligation to respond accordingly. We have therefore instructed our lawyers to proceed in line with extant policy of the Commission. The policy has not changed.”</p>