Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Wednesday followed him to the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
Dressed in a black shirt, Obi was also accompanied by the party’s stalwarts including its national chairman Julius Abure and Senator-elect Victor Umeh.
The appellate court had fixed Wednesday to consider the merit of the application the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) filed, seeking to be allowed to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used for the presidential and National Assembly elections.
On Twitter, the platform which helped increase his acceptance among the youth, Obi urged his supporters not to turn the court premises into a rally ground.
He said, “As we go about seeking redress for our stolen mandate, I plead with OBIdients to respect the sanctity of the court premises and give our legal team the space and peaceful environment to carry out their duties.
“The court premises is not and should not be turned into a rally ground. I urge the Obidients to go about their businesses peacefully.”
Last week, the court granted the LP and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party permission to access sensitive materials used for the presidential election. It restrained INEC from tampering with the BVAS machines until the due inspection was conducted and certified true copies of them were issued.
But the electoral umpire approached the appellate court to vary the orders, saying it needed to reconfigure the BVAS machines and redeploy them for the March 11 governorship and state House of Assembly elections.
