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| Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Mr. Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, at their respective international press conferences on the rejection of the presidential election results in Abuja on Thursday. Olukayode Jaiyeola and Peter Obi in photos via Facebook |
Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, were granted access to the election materials used in the presidential election last Saturday by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday.
The PUNCH had previously reported that Atiku and Obi had moved the Presidential Election Court to request authorization for the inspection of election materials used in the vote on Saturday.
The PUNCH further notes that Atiku and Obi vowed to fight for their mandate in court and refused to accept loss in the presidential election on February 25.
In his acceptance speech after being named the winner of the election on Wednesday, Bola Tinubu requested the two candidates to join him in the effort to improve the country, but the gesture of reconciliation was rejected by the two contenders.
Tinubu, the APC, and the electoral umpire were named as respondents in the case.
Both requests were supported by Section 146 (1) of the Electoral Act of 2022, Paragraphs 47 (1, 2 & 3) of the First Schedule of the Electoral Act of 2022, as well as the Court's inherent authority as referred to in Sections 6 (6) A & B of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
Obi asked for six main reliefs in his motion, which was brought by his legal team under the direction of Mr. Alex Ejesieme, SAN.
Adedamola Faloku, Atiku's attorney, requested seven requests from the panel.
The applicants specifically sought the court to order INEC to let them receive records that were in its possession and used for the presidential election.
They insisted that the required records would support their petition challenging the declared Tinubu victory in the presidential election.
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