Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi will not be campaigning for governorship and state assembly candidates of the party.
In a statement on Wednesday, Obi said he had initially made plans to commence a “whistle-stop campaign” ahead of the Governorship and State Assembly elections which are fixed to hold on March 11.
The LP candidate, however, said he will be heading to court with his lawyers following the refusal by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the party to inspect election materials used during the February 25 Presidential election.
The court of appeal had granted Obi access to all the sensitive materials used by INEC in the conduct of the election.
However, INEC asked the court to vary the order, saying the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) needs to be reprogrammed ahead of March 11.
Obi said despite his inability to campaign for LP candidates, supporters of the party should endeavour to vote for them on Saturday.
“I am supposed to commence our whistle-stop campaign for our various Labour Party Governorship and State Assembly Candidates today,” Obi said.
“Initially, my trip was to take me to Nasarawa, Lagos, Enugu, Abia, Delta, Edo, Rivers, Plateau, Borno, etc.
“However, following INEC’s refusal to allow our party to inspect the materials (including BVAS) from the 25th February presidential elections, I am personally heading to the Court today with our lawyers.
