NAIJA NEWS
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the allegation that it supplied the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used for the conduct of the 2023 election to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Naija News reports that the APC made the denial in a fresh process filed before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal by its lead counsel, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to counter the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against its candidate and President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
The ruling party said the allegation by Atiku is malicious, adding it was not aware that INEC procured the BVAS machines from a company belonging to one of its members.
The party further dismissed Atiku’s claim that INEC compromised by awarding a contract for the production of sensitive materials that were used for the general elections, to a company owned by one of its chieftains.
It, however, admitted that a firm linked to its governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Dalhatu Binani, got the contract to supply electoral materials to INEC.
In a written statement on oath to counter Atiku’s petition, the ruling party insisted that the contract awarded to Binani did not affect the outcome of the 2023 general elections.
It said: “That even if Senator Muhammed Sani Musa is a director of Actirate Technologies Limited, he has nothing to do with the operations and day-to-day activities of the company.
“That I know that Binani Printing Press Limited had been involved in printing and supplies for several years before the 2023 election.
“That I know that Aisha Dalhatu, though a director in Binani Printing Press Limited, but only in a nominal sense as she was never involved in the day-to-day running and activities of the company.
“That there are other directors of Binani Printing Press Limited who are responsible for the day–to–day running of the company and have nothing to do with politics.
“That the award of the contract for the supply of electoral materials to be used for the 2023 election to Binani Printing Press Limited has nothing to do with Aisha Dalhatu who was the Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Adamawa State for the 2023 general election.
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