Nigeria’s President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu has approached the Court of Appeal seeking leave to obtain the election materials for his defense.
Recall that the Court of Appeal on March 3 granted leave to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, to inspect documents used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the Feb. 25 Presidential election.
Abubakar and Obi alleged that substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 in addition to violence and rigging marred the conduct and outcome of the election.
They, therefore, approached the court to leave the court to inspect the sensitive materials used for conducting the election.
But on Tuesday, Tinubu through his lawyer, Mr. Akintola Makinde approached the court seeking leave of the court to allow them to inspect and obtain election materials for his defense.
The three-member panel of the appellate court after listening to the application adjourned until Wednesday for a ruling.
