A Lawyer, O.J. Abazie Esq has disclaimed a suit purportedly filed at the Federal High Court, Owerri seeking to declare the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the accreditation of registered voters in the 2023 General Elections as unconstitutional.
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In a disclaimer notice sighted TheNigeriaLawyer, the lawyer whose stamp appeared on the Originating Summons in the Suit No. HOW/OW/CS/144/2022 Between NWANKWERE MORALE CHINWEN V. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION & 1 ANOR, said the signature on the process is not his as well as the office address.
He accused a colleague of being behind the suit using his stamp which he gave her for the preparation of a land instrument.
He said: “My attention has just been drawn to a Suit commenced via Originating Summons filed at the Federal High Court, Owerri Judicial Division in Suit No. HOW/OW/CS/144/2022 Between NWANKWERE MORALE CHINWEN V. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION & 1 ANOR.
I hereby state in categorical and unequivocal terms that the suit was filed without my consent. The signature on the process is not mine and my initials is O.J. Abazie, Esq. The office address on the process is also not mine.
The person behind this unfortunate act is one Blessing Iwuajunwa, Esq, a colleague in Owerri who was the only person I have given my NBA stamp since this year and she told me that she needs the stamp to prepare a land instrument owing to unavailability of her stamp.”
He also denied knowledge of the said Plaintiff in the suit, and also added that he has being engrossed in preparations for the funeral of his late mother.
He condemned the suit in entirety and discountenanced it saying it could make or mar the future of the country.
“Let it be known that I do not know Nwankwere Morale Chinwen, the purported plaintiff in the Suit neither have I met him/her before. He is not my client and neither did he brief me for any matter whatsoever.
Let it be known also that I have been preoccupied in the village with the burial preparation of my late mother for some time now.
It is very pathetic that such sensitive suit which is likely to make or mar the future of a Nation could be filed without my consent, authority or approval.
I hereby condemn such act in unequivocal terms and shall take the necessary steps to address such unprofessional conduct.
The public should therefore take note.”
Someone (whom I know) has filed a case against @inecnigeria to eliminate #BVAS from the landscape of #NigeriaDecides2023 & make it a rigging #FreeForAll. Guess where the case is filed? In Owerri….! pic.twitter.com/x36JWnTt1A
— Chidi Odinkalu, CGoF (@ChidiOdinkalu) September 14, 2022
The disclaimer comes after a tweet by a Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof Chidi Odinkalu exposed the suit.
In a tweet via his official handle @ChidiOdinkalu, he wrote: “Someone (whom I know) has filed a case against @inecnigeria to eliminate #BVAS from the landscape of #NigeriaDecides2023 & make it a rigging #FreeForAll. Guess where the case is filed? In Owerri….!
Attaching photos of the court processes, the Human Rights Activist and Social Commentator added, ” Here are the remedies they seek – that BVAS is unconstitutional…. & an order restraining the use of #BVAS in #NigeriaDecides2023″
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