The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has withdrawn his application over the sorting of the electoral materials he would need to prepare a petition he intends to lodge against the outcome of the February 25 election.
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| Photo of Yakubu and Atiku | Image credit: Wire transfer |
Atiku’s decision to discontinue the fresh application comes after a meeting with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja, Nation's Capital, on Tuesday.
Daily News Report understands that at the meeting, INEC promised to allow PDP agents to observe the process of sorting out some of the electoral materials the opposition party requested for, especially the ballot papers.
“We filed the application owing to challenges and administrative bottlenecks we encountered at the INEC office when we went for access to the election materials as ordered by the court, " PDP says.