President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday made their final submissions before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party.

Atiku is contesting the result of the Presidential election which was held on February 23, 2019.

Their lawyer Wole Olanipekun (SAN), accompanied by Alex Izinyon (SAN) and others made the final submission on behalf of Buhari, while Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) led the team of lawyers that spoke for the APC.

Olanipekun, in his final statement, urged the court to dismiss the petition with substantial cost, arguing that the petition was worthless as the petitioners had failed to present any reasonable evidence to support their claim.

For instance, he noted that the petitioners failed to show where the server they claimed existed was located.

Also, Fagbemi argued that all issues the 3rd respondent (APC) raised about Atiku’s qualification to contest for allegedly not being a Nigerian by birth, were not challenged by either Atiku or the PDP.

“On the qualification of the 1st petitioners (Atiku). In spite of all we put before the court, they provided nothing to the contrary.

“What we need is minimal proof. Nothing was put forward in the petitioners’ written address to counter this. And, I must commend them, because they have nothing to offer. In that respect, the 3rd respondent has discharged the burden on that. The issue of the 1st petitioner’s non-qualification is effectively dealt with in our written address.

“To fault INEC’s position, they have the burden to show substantial non-compliance. They failed to do this. The implication, therefore, is that there was substantial compliance with the Electoral Act in the conduct of the last presidential election,”‎ Fagbemi said.



See more here https://thickmatch.com/atiku-failed-prove-existence-server-buhari-apc/

Atiku is a failure.