Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Lagos State Labour Party governorship candidate in the March 18 election, has got a court order to inspect the election materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Rhodes-Vivour posted the order signed by the court on his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday evening.

The court partly paper reads:

“An ORDER granting leave to the petitioners/appellants to move and for the tribunal to hear and determine the present application outside the pre-hearing session.

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“An ORDER directing the 3rd respondent by itself, agents, officers and/or privies to permit the petitioners/appellants acting through their agents, provies, experts and or counsel to inspect the originals of INEC forms EC8A, EC8A(1), EC8VP, EC8A(II), EC8B, EC8B(I), EC8B(II), EC8C, EC8C(I), EC8(II), EC8D, EC8D(II), EC84, EC40, EC50 and all other electoral forms and other relevant documents and to obtain from the 3rd respondent certfied true copies of same and all other electoral forms and other relevant documents in the custody of the 3rd respondent which were used and unused in the conduct of the governorship election held on the 18th of March, 2023.”

The document, dated March 29, 2023, shows that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party are the petitioner, while Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State Governor; the All Progressives Congress (APC); and INEC are the respondents.

The governorship candidate had announced that he would challenge the outcome of the Lagos State governorship election in court.