The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), His Excellency, Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi FNIM, OON, has approached the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Asaba, seeking an order to allow him inspect materials used for the conduct of the March 18 election.
The request is contained in an ex parte motion filed on 23rd March 2023 before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and 12 others as respondents.
He is seeking an order of the Tribunal granting leave to the Applicants to bring this application before the Pre-hearing Session and to hear and determine same accordingly, directing the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC), its agents and officials to forthwith and on a day to day basis allow the Applicants and or their representatives and agents to inspect, scan and make copies for use by the Applicants and then to obtain Certified True Copies (CTC) of all the polling documents, electoral and other materials in the custody of INEC, including but not limited to all the documents listed in the schedule hereunder, which were used in the conduct of the Governorship Election in Delta State on the 18th day of March, 2023, for the purpose of instituting and maintaining an election petition against the outcome of the said Governorship election among others things.
Meanwhile, on Saturday 25th March 2023, two days after filing a motion before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to allow him inspect the materials used for the Governorship Election, the former minister of state for education, Olorogun Gbagi, has been granted leave to bring the application before the Pre-hearing Session.
