Court grants Youth Party’s application to inspect election materials

The Lagos local government election tribunal has granted the request of the Youth Party to inspect the election materials of Ward A, Lekki, in Eti-Osa local government.

The Youth Party had, on August 17, 2021, filed an election petition at the tribunal to dispute the results of the Ward A councillorship election in Lekki.

The petition was filed by the party’s counsel, Mr. Adeyemi Candide-Johnson (SAN), who leads a team of lawyers seeking to cancel the exercise they have described as “highly discredited”.

The party has said it would immediately commence the inspection of the boxes and has hired a team of forensic experts to aid the process.

The election held on July 24 across all the Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Authorities in the state.

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) had declared the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the election in all the LGAs aside two councillorship areas.

But there was massive protest against the exercise, which the Youth Party of Nigeria, challenged