Election: Court grants Tinubu access to inspect election materials

Election: Court grants Tinubu access to inspect election materials

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has granted the request by the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to inspect materials used for the February 25 presidential election.

The Informant247 earlier reported that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja, praying it to order the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to grant him access to sensitive materials it used for the presidential election he won.

Tinubu, through his lawyer, Mr Akintola Makinde, said he would need 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.

However, a three-member panel of the court, in four rulings on Wednesday granted the reliefs sought by Tinubu and APC in the fourth motions ex-parte, except prayers 5 and 6 in the motion filed by Tinubu.