Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) it used for the presidential election.
In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, the court held that preventing the electoral umpire from reconfiguring the BVAS would adversely affect the forthcoming governorship and State Assembly elections.
The tribunal dismissed objections by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the request.
According to the court, allowing the objections by Obi and his party, would amount to tying the hands of the Respondent, INEC.