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March 17, 2019
The People’s Democratic Party PDP accused theChairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Mahmood Yakubu,of refusing the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar access toelection materials.
The Court of Appeal had ordered INEC to allowAtiku’s lawyers inspect ballot materials used in the February 23 presidentialelection, in furtherance of the petition filed by the PDP candidate againstPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election.
However, in a statement by its spokesman, KolaOlogbondiyan, the PDP said that Yakubu and the leadership of INEC have refusedto obey the order of the court, given on March 6.
The PDP described INEC’s actions as deliberate andwicked ploy, and accused the electoral body of acting in cahoots with thegoverning All Progressives Congress APC, to frustrate the case.