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Court grants Falae’s lawyer’s access to elections papers

    ABIDJAN

    Lawyers for unsuccessful presidential candidate Olu Falae yesterday secured permission from the Appeal Court in Abuja to inspect material used in February’s elections, news reports said.

    Justice George Oguntade, who delivered the ruling, said it was “just and equitable” that Olu Falae, who is contesting the election result, be given access to five sets of poll documents, ‘The Guardian‘ of Lagos reported today.

    Falae’s lawyer, Godwin Ajayi, sought the court’s ruling at the beginning of the hearing on Monday to search the documents for evidence of electoral irregularities, Reuters reported.

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