In order to access all sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the conduct of the presidential election on February 25.
The electoral board was also directed to allow access to the election materials to the PDP presidential candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar by the appellate court, which would act as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
A panel of the appellate court chaired by Justice Joseph Ikyegh made the rulings following the hearing of two separate ex-parte applications submitted by the two dissatisfied presidential candidates and their political parties.
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, was proclaimed the winner of the presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday.
Respondents in the action include INEC, Bola Tinubu, the declared winner of the presidential election, and the All Progressives Congress, which is his political party.
Both requests were supported by Sections 146 (1) of the Electoral Act 2022, Sections 47 (1), (2), and (3) of the First Schedule of the Electoral Act of 2022, as well as the Court's inherent jurisdiction as stated in Sections 6 (6) A and B of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
Although the legal team for Obi, led by Mr. Alex Ejesieme, SAN, asked the tribunal for six main reliefs, Mr. Adedamola Faloku, for Atiku, asked for seven.
The applicants expressly sought the court to direct INEC to provide election-related materials that were in its possession.
They insisted that the requested papers would support their appeal challenging the results of the presidential election, which were announced in Tinubu's favor.
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