THE Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Independent National Electoral (INEC) to allow president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to inspect electoral materials used for the conduct of the presidential election.
In the ruling on Wednesday, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh, said “after reading the applicants motion exparte, I am satisfied that there is substance in the application. I accordingly grant him leave to inspect, scan and make photocopies of some of the electoral materials.”
Tinubu had filed an ex parte application on Tuesday urging the court to allow him have access to the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System machines which were used in the conduct of the polls.
During the hearing of the application, Tinubu’s counsel, Akintola Makinde (SAN), prayed the appellate court to grant him leave “to inspect, scan and make photocopies of some of the electoral materials” to enable him prepare his defence against Atiku and Mr Obi’s challenge at the tribunal.
“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 while moving the ex parte request.
