*Says Commission bound by court order
The legal team of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential Candidate in the controversial February 25 Presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have requested the Chairman of, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately comply with the Court order of March 3.
In a letter titled, ‘Demand for Immediate Compliance with Court Order Granted On March 3, 2023, For Access, Inspection and Examination/Analysis of Electoral Materials Used for 2023 Presidential Election, dated Thursday, March 9, the Lead Counsel, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, recalled that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Shagbaor Ikyegh had granted orders on 3 March 2023 in favour of his clients (PDP and Abubakar).
The Court had in that ruling, expressly directed INEC to allow and grant access to the party and its Presidential candidate and their representatives to inspect, scan, make copies, forensically audit and obtain Certified True Copies (CTC) of all electoral materials which were used in the conduct of the Presidential Election.
