₦airaland Forum

The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss all the petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.

INEC had declared that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election.

The commission declared that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, came second with 6,984,520 votes, while it announced Labour Party’s Peter Obi as the second runner-up with 6,101,533 votes.

But Atiku, Obi and some other parties rejected the results announced by INEC and heeded for the tribunal with prayers that the election should be nullified.

All the opposition parties challenging Tinubu’s victory joined INEC as a co-defendant.

In its defence to the various petitions, filed through its team of lawyers led by A. B. Mahmoud (SAN), INEC described Atiku’s petition as “grossly incompetent, vague and academic, saying it was an abuse of the court process.”

INEC affirmed that having scored at least one-quarter of the valid votes cast in 29 states, which is over and above the 24 states threshold required by the constitution in addition to scoring the highest number of the lawful votes cast at the election, Tinubu was properly declared winner and returned as the President-elect.

On the issue of Tinubu not winning the FCT, INEC argued that going by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, “the FCT has the status of a state and ought to be recognised as one of the states of the federation.”

INEC insisted that it declared Tinubu as winner of the election, considering that he “scored highest valid votes cast at the election and at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in not less than two-thirds of the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.”

“The 1st respondent pleads and shall at the trial of this suit rely on all the Electoral Forms including but not limited to Forms ECSA, BCSB, ECSC, ECSD and ECBE used in the course of the Presidential Election held on the 25th day of February 2023,” INEC said.

“The FCT, beyond being the capital of Nigeria, has no special status over and above the other 36 states of the federation to require a candidate in the presidential election to obtain at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in the FCT before being declared winner of the presidential election.

MrBiGGEST:
He did.

If you don't want to believe it so! Doesn't change the fact that he did.

Praxtech:
On the issue of Tinubu not winning the FCT, INEC argued that going by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, “the FCT has the status of a state and ought to be recognised as one of the states of the federation.”

The enemies have something to wail about here

Praxtech:
On the issue of Tinubu not winning the FCT, INEC argued that going by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, “the FCT has the status of a state and ought to be recognised as one of the states of the federation.”

The enemies have something to wail about here

ambale:
The court will decide that, inec needs to get serious, they need to explain their process clearly to the nation

Is that too much to ask?

ambale:
The court will decide that, inec needs to get serious, they need to explain their process clearly to the nation

Is that too much to ask?

MrBiGGEST:
He did....
If you don't want to believe it so! Doesn't change the fact that he did.

They call them nitwit and headless mob, because they don't understand what's happening or maybe they choose not to understand.


Note: the court will decide base on the facts provided not by imposition or sentiments.

SalamRushdie:
I would be the last person to support Tinubu but truth be told he won fair and square..of we repeat the race today he will win if the Obidients are still short-sighted

Praxtech:
On the issue of Tinubu not winning the FCT, INEC argued that going by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, “the FCT has the status of a state and ought to be recognised as one of the states of the federation.”

The enemies have something to wail about here

Praxtech:
I was in the Obidients camp immediately Prof Osinbajo lost APC primaries....but I quickly discovered that the Obidient movement was powered by extreme hatred. Hence my choice of the best alternative among the terrible availables.

wolesmile:
Fact

Oskiki:
Lies