Presidential Election Tribunal Judgment On Atiku’s Petition

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on
Wednesday 11th of September dismissed the petition filed by the
Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu
Buhari at the February 23, 2019 poll.

The Justice Mohammed Garba -led tribunal unanimously dismissed
the case for lacking in merit after resolving all the five issues
raised in the case against the petitioners.

Justice Garba, who read the lead judgment held that none of the
grounds upon which the petition was anchored was proved.

The tribunal held that the petitioners merely dumped documents
particularly electoral materials, including result sheets, used for
the election on the tribunal without demonstrating them by tying
the evidence of any of their 62 witnesses to the documents in their
bid to prove the allegations in their petition.

The tribunal held that none of the documents tendered by the
petitioners was utilised to prove the allegations , such as
overvoting.

It added that contrary to the claim by the petitioners , Buhari
was eminently qualified educationally to contest the election.

It added that Buhari did not give false information to the
Independent National Electoral Commission to aid his educational
qualification to contest the poll as alleged by the petitioner.

Justice Garba also held that the petitioners failed to prove
that the results were transmitted electronically by card reader
.

He ruled , “In the final result , I have come to the conclusion
, which is inevitable and unavoidable , that the petitioners have
not discharged the burden of proof required of any of the grounds
of the petition in paragraph 15 of the petition .

“ This petition is accordingly , and hereby dismissed in its
entirety .”

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Judgment
delivered by Samuel Chukwudmebi Oseji JCA^[1]

Judgement delivered by joseph Shagbaor Ikyegh,
JCA^[2]

Judgement delivered by Mohammed lawal Garba
JCA^[3]

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