“Based on the order of the court to issue an Access Code to us within 72 hours from the date of the court’s judgment, INEC was supposed to have issued the access code latest by 4th August 2026. ADA said it was giving the INEC Chairman a final 48-hour deadline, beginning August 10, 2026, to comply with the court order by releasing the access code. Kumalia, against INEC and Dr Umar Ardo over the release of the association’s access code to Ardo. The plaintiffs argued that Ardo was neither the National Chairman nor the Secretary of the association and therefore was not entitled to receive the access code. The court also directed INEC to generate a new access code for the political association within 72 hours to enable it complete its registration process.