***Tribunal rejects Atiku’s application for forensic analysis…
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday granted the request by Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to be allowed to inspect the electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the conduct of the February 23 poll.
In delivering its ruling, the panel ordered INEC to allow the appellant access to all electoral material to enable the applicant file and maintain an electoral petition.
However, the court refused prayers 3 to 5 which sort scanning and forensic audit. Stating that a forensic audit does not fall under the terms envisaged by section 151 of the electoral act.
The panel led by Justice Abdul Aboki agreed unanimously to the ruling, hence, the motion was granted in part.
Recall TheeEwsGuru, TNG had earlier reported on the ex- parte motion filed by Atiku and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) contains six prayers, is seeking an order of the court to allow inspection and production of the electoral document used by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the conduct of the presidential election, to enable the applicant institute and maintain an election petition.