The Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Albert Oworu on Thursday, June 13 asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to cancel the February 23 presidential election, Igbere TV reports.

Igbere TV reports that the February 23 election saw the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress as the winner of the contest, which is however, being challenged by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The HDP in a petition sighted by Igbere TV on Thursday said the presidential poll was a “referendum” and not an election.

The party, therefore, urged the Tribunal to nullify the outcome of the exercise and order a fresh poll.

The HDP presidential candidate who polled a total of 1,663 votes in the election, insisted that the exercise was not conducted in compliance with the Electoral Act.

Igbere TV recalls that the HDP had similarly approached a Federal High Court to stop the inauguration of President Buhari for a second term. The case was, however, thrown out for lacking “merit.”

Meanwhile, Igbere TV had earlier reported that the Tribunal will today, Thursday, June 13 hear the application of the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar seeking access to the INEC Server.

INEC had declared Buhari and APC the winner of the February 23 election polling 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, Abubakar, who polled 11,262,978 votes.

But Atiku and the PDP, in their petition filed on March 18 to challenge the outcome of the poll, contended that “from the data obtained from INEC’s server, the true, actual and correct results showed that we polled a total of 18,356,732 votes to defeat Buhari whom they said scored 16,741,430 votes.”

Read more: http://igberetvnews.com/772363/finally-tribunal-hears-atikus-motion-seeking-access-to-inec-server/

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