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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow winner of the February 25 presidential polls Bola Tinubu, to inspect electoral materials used for the conduct of the disputed election.
Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had on Tuesday, filed an ex parte application urging the tribunal to allow him have access to the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System machines which were used in the conduct of the polls.
Ruling on the exparte application, a three-member panel of the tribunal 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.”It is the intention of the President-elect, whose victory is being challenged,
to inspect the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines and election results amongst others, in preparation for his defence against the election petitions to be filed by Atiku and Obi.
His counsel, Akintola Makinde, urged the tribunal 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, he stated, “will be relevant in helping us to prepare our defence and also make comparison with the information contained in INEC’s back-end server.”
