2023 Presidency: INEC, APC, Tinubu To Answer Questions as Court Grants Atiku, Peter Obi's Requests
- Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have taken their grievances over the conduct and result of the 2023 presidential election to the Court of Appeal
- Both candidates of the just-concluded presidential poll felt there were many irregularities on the part of INEC
- The court on Friday, March 3, granted the politicians' request to inspect the commission's sensitive materials used for the election
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Abuja - The Court of Appeal has granted Peter Obi of the Labour and the Peoples Democratic Party's Atiku Abubakar leave to access all the sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the conduct of the presidential election.
A panel of the appellate court led by Joseph Ikyegh made the orders on Friday, March 3, after the court heard two separate ex parte applications filed by Obi and Atiku and their political parties.
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As reported by The Cable, Obi, through his legal team led by Alex Ejesieme, sought six principal reliefs.
On his part, Atiku sought seven reliefs from the court appellate court through his lawyer, Adedamola Faloku.
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The applicants were said to have prayed the court to compel INEC to allow them to obtain documents in its custody that were used for the election, adding that the records would support their petitions challenging Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory.
Obi and Atiku also obtained an order granting them leave to file the application, outside or before the pre-hearing session of the substantive petitions.
In the separate applications, INEC, Tinubu, and the APC were mentioned as respondents.
2023 presidency: "I won and I'll prove It", Peter Obi speaks to Nigerians
Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, has addressed Nigerians on the conduct and results of the poll.
After observing a minute silence for those victims of violence across the country during Saturday, February 25, presidential and National Assembly elections, Obi made it clear that this is the first time he will address the media either directly or indirectly after taking part in the voting exercise in Anambra.
Obi expressed gratitude to all Nigerians, especially Obidients who came out en masse to exercise their franchise by voting.
Source: Legit.ng
