Tribunal orders INEC to allow parties inspect materials in Gombe

Gombe State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow candidates of the All Grassroots Alliance (AGA), Alliance of Social Democrats (ASD) and Peoples for Democratic Change (PDC) to inspect electoral materials used in the gubernatorial election in the state.

The presiding judge, Justice B. Tukur, gave the order at the inaugural sitting of the tribunal, yesterday, in Gombe.

The petitioners were Muhammad Ibrahim of AGA; Aliyu Adamu of ASD; and Jungudo Muhammad Jungudo of PDC, who are the gubernatorial candidates of their respective parties.

Our correspondent reports that all the three petitioners listed the governor-elect of the state, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the first respondent.

Speaking through their counsel, Barr. Hamman Ghide, the applicants prayed the court to grant them leave to go through the materials to enable them prove their cases before the tribunal.

Justice Tukur granted the application and ordered INEC to allow the petitioners to go through the governorship election materials and also let them make photocopies of the documents.