Tribunal Orders INEC to Allow Buhari, APC Inspect Electoral Materials
Posted by FN Editor | 5 years ago | 1,692 times
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja Thursday ordered INEC to grant President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the APC in the presidential election, and the APC access to inspect materials used for the conduct of the election.
A three-man panel of the tribunal made the order in a ruling on two separate exparte motions filed by Buhari and the APC.
The panel led by Justice Abdul Aboki held that their applications was meritorious and accordingly ordered INEC to allow them access to the materials for the purpose of inspection and to make photocopies of same.
Buhari and the APC in their motions argued on their behalf by their lawyers, prayed the tribunal to compel INEC to allow them access to materials used for the election, inspect same and obtain certified true copies of the materials.
According to them, the request is to enable them prepare adequately to defend themselves in any petition which the runner-up in the poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), plans to file.
Last week, Atiku and the PDP were granted a similar permission to enable them institute and maintain their petitions at the tribunal.
Their actions followed the declaration of Buhari and APC as winners of the presidential election, which they alleged was rigged in favour of the president and his party.
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