Afrigather A US-based firm, Renaissance Community Africa (RNA), has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the federal authorities over an alleged failure to acknowledge them because the originators of the e-voting system used throughout elections.
The go well with which was filed earlier than the Abuja federal excessive courtroom on March 21 is marked FHC/ABJ/CS/391/2023, the plaintiffs are asking the courtroom to be granted an order which might direct the defendants to pay N77 billion as compensation and one other N500 million as damages for allegedly utilizing their concept with out giving credit score.
Adah Obekpa, the pinnacle of the corporate claimed that he and his workforce got here up with an progressive and novel I-voting system that can guarantee free, honest and credible elections for sustainable democracy in Nigeria in 2010.
In keeping with him the I-voting system proposal was initiated by him to make sure that legitimate votes forged in any elections in Nigeria aren’t altered whereas invalid votes are additionally not allowed or counted by unscrupulous parts who assist determined politicians to rig elections.
He mentioned he flew to Nigeria to fulfill and talk about his proposal with Atahiru Jega, former INEC chairman.
Obekpa claimed to have deployed each monetary and human sources within the creation and design of the I-voting proposal for INEC in 2010 which is now christened as BVAS and IREV.
Obekpa and his workforce desire a declaration from the courtroom that the I-voting proposal is identical because the BVAS and IREV.
Additionally, he needs the courtroom to direct the federal authorities to publicly acknowledge him and his workforce who had been concerned within the preparation and design of the I-voting proposal to the first defendant since 2010.
