ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tuesday, asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to grant him access to sensitive materials used for the presidential election.
According to Tinubu, he would need to inspect, scan and make photocopies of some of the electoral materials to enable him prepare his defence against petitions that would seek to nullify his election.
Tinubu made the appeal through his lawyer, Mr. Akintola Makinde.
While Tinubu’s first ex-parte application, which was filed on 6 March has the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi as respondents, in the second application, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, were cited as respondents, alongside INEC
According to Makinde: “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.”
The appellate court sitting as the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will on Wednesday rule on Tinubu’s application.