Mr Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, obtained permission from the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday to access all sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the conduct of the presidential election on February 25.
The appellate court, which will sit as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, also ordered the electoral body to grant access to the election materials to the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The orders were issued by an appellate court panel led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh after hearing two separate ex parte applications filed by the two dissatisfied presidential candidates and their political parties.