By David Kabiyesi
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has withdrawn fresh suit which will compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow his legal team gain access to proper sorting of ballot papers used during February presidential elections.
PDP’s team of lawyers led by Mr. Joe Kyari Gadzama, SAN, had informed the court of their decision to withdraw the suit after the motion was called out for hearing on Wednesday.
“We filed the application owing to challenges and administrative bottlenecks we encountered at the INEC office when we went for access to the election materials as ordered by the court.
“However, before the application dated March 13 could be slated for hearing, INEC, on its own, called our legal team for a meeting.
“It was at that meeting which was held yesterday (Tuesday) that all the grey areas were sorted out, with INEC, pledging to allow our agents to observe the process of sorting out some of the electoral materials we requested for, especially the ballot papers.
“Since that was primarily our prayer in the fresh application we filed, we felt that it would not be necessary to proceed with the hearing. So, to save judicial time, we filed a notice of discontinuance which was accordingly granted”, a member of Atiku’s legal team told the press
