The Peoples Democratic Party has
filed an application to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) grant it access to materials used for the conduct of the presidential
election.
The party filed the motion
ex-parte alongside Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, before the
presidential election petition tribunal in Abuja on Tuesday.
In the application filed through
Chris Uche, their counsel, the PDP urged the tribunal to grant it leave to
inspect the materials including voters register, the smart card reader machines
as well as ballot papers.
It also asked the tribunal to
compel INEC to allow it scan and make photocopies of vital documents used in
the conduct of the election.
The party said this is for the
purpose of establishing alleged irregularities in the petition they intend to
file against the result of the election.
President Muhammadu Buhari
defeated Atiku in the poll with over three million votes.
Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes
while Atiku got 11,262,978 votes.
But the PDP rejected the result,
alleging that there was suppression of voters in its strongholds and
falsification of votes.
It said it has the “real results”
and that it has finalised plans to challenge the outcome in court.
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