The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate for the February 25th election, Atiku Abubakar, have withdrawn a fresh application they filed to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow their agents to participate in the process of sorting out ballot papers that were used for the presidential election.
Both PDP and Atiku, who are separately challenging the outcome of the election, told the Presidential Election Petition Court that they were no longer interested in the application and have filed a notice of discontinuance, Channels television reported.
Atiku decided to withdraw the application following a meeting between his legal team and INEC during which the electoral body agreed to allow their agents observe the process of sorting out some of the electoral materials they requested for, especially the ballot papers. on Tuesday, according to the report
He said they the application was filed due to the difficulties they encountered at the INEC office when they went for access to the election materials as ordered by the court.
Following the withdrawal of the application, the Justice Joseph Ikyegh-led three-member panel struck it out.
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