Tribunal grants Obaseki permission to inspect electoral materials

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October 14, 2016 4:45 AM

The tribunal had on Tuesday granted the PDP and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu same request.

Godwin Obaseki

The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin permits the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,

The tribunal led by Justice A. T. Badamasi granted a motion exparte to Obaseki and the APC on Wednesday, October 12, 48 hours after it granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu the same request.

Following the motion ex-parte filed by the APC on October 12, 2016, and marked EPT/EDS/GOV/2M/2016, the three-man tribunal directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the party and Obaseki to inspect the election materials

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On September 29, INEC declared Obaseki the winner of the election having secured the high number of votes - a total of 319,483, as against PDP's Ize-Iyamu who polled 253,173 votes.

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