The Appeal Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to grant the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, the access to inspect electoral materials used during February 25, 2022, general elections.
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate had approached the court to compel INEC to grant him access to inspect, scan and make photocopies of some of the electoral materials to enable him to prepare his defence against petitions that would seek to nullify his election.
While Tinubu’s first ex-parte application, which was filed on March 6, has the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi as respondents, in the second application, the Peoples Democratic Party, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, were cited as respondents, alongside INEC.
“The materials will be relevant in helping us to prepare our defence and also make comparison with the information contained in INEC’s back-end server,” Makinde said.
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