'It is disturbing that despite service of the Court Order on the commission since 3 March 2023, the commission is yet to allow our clients and their representatives to access, inspect and/or obtain the needed electoral materials as ordered by the court despite repeated visits to the commission and follow-up in respect thereof,' Atiku's lawyers said.
, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to comply with a Court of Appeal order granting him access to inspect sensitive electoral materials.It declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, winner of the poll.
In the letter dated 9 March, Mr Gadzama, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , lamented that efforts to get INEC to enforce the orders have been unsuccessful. He requested a “daily access to all polling documents, voters register, ballot papers and electoral forms/materials for purposes of scanning, forensic audit, expert examination and inspection.
INEC had withdrawn its application before the Court of Appeal, in which it prayed the court to review its earlier order granting Atiku access to the electoral materials. The Court expressly directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow and grant access to our Clients and their representatives to inspect, scan, make copies, forensically audit and obtain certified true copies of all electoral materials which were used in the conduct of the Presidential Election.
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