Nigeria poll body allows parties to access voter materials
These include the information held on the electronic tools known as Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines, which have been at the center of the controversy.
Boakyewaa Lawrencia 
All materials related to last month's contentious presidential election will be promptly turned over to the opposition, according to a promise made by Nigeria's election commission.
Mahmood Yakubu, the commission's head, claimed that it had nothing to conceal.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition Labour Party are requesting access to the poll data in order to support a legal challenge to the outcome.
They have a little more than a week to submit their case.
If the election commission forbade access to the information, Labour had threatened to stage national demonstrations.
Bola Tinubu, a candidate for the ruling party, won the presidential election, according to the official findings.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, his rivals, later obtained a court order allowing them access to the voting materials.
These include the information held on the electronic tools known as Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines, which have been at the center of the controversy.
