A three-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has reserved ruling on the ex-parte motion filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seeking an order granting them access to inspect the electoral materials used for the February 23 poll.
The three-man panel, in a pre-hearing session of the tribunal, on Wednesday, entertained the applicants’ argument for about 45 minutes and rose.
The panel is led by Justice Abdul Aboki, while Justices Peter Ige and Emmanuel Agim are members.
The applicants’ legal team is led by Mr. Livy Ozoukwu (SAN), but Chief Chris Uche (SAN), made submissions on behalf of the team.
Uche said during the Wednesday’s hearing that the ex parte motion contained six prayers, one of which sought the tribunal’s leave to bring the motion up in the tribunal pre-hearing session.
But during the proceedings, members of the panel expressed reservations about whether the tribunal could grant some prayers contained in the application for orders allowing them to scan and photocopy electoral materials as well as allow them to conduct forensic examination and forensic audit of the materials.