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

al. 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Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said in a statement that the letter was not authorized and has since been withdrawn. 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reports based on a letter written by the Legal Officer of our Kano State office indicating that the Commission had withdrawn from the appeal process in the ongoing Kano Governorship election petition case.

'We wish to state categorically that the letter was not authorized. It has since been withdrawn and the officer reprimanded.' Olumekun urged the public to discountenance the insinuation that the Commission has withdrawn from the case or abandoned the appeal. 'We wish to state categorically that where litigants join INEC in a case, the Commission is under obligation to respond accordingly.

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