A three-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in
Abuja has granted PDP, Atiku access to All Electoral Materials in the
presidential elections.
The
panel on Wednesday heard the ex-parte motion filed by the Peoples
Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, seeking
an order granting them access to inspect the electoral materials used
for the February 23 polls.
Atiku filed an ex-parte motion at the
Court of Appeal in Abuja, asking for various orders of the court to
allow him to access all documents used by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the presidential
election.
The ex-parte motion prayed for an order compelling INEC
to allow them to inspect the register and other vital documents used in
the conduct of the election unhindered.
In
delivering its ruling, the panel ordered INEC to allow the appellant
access to all electoral material to enable the applicant file and
maintain an electoral petition.
However, the court refused prayers 3 to 5 which sort scanning and forensic audit. Stating that a forensic audit does not fall