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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 ed 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.

https://punchng.com/tinubu-won-presidential-poll-inec-tells-tribunal/?amp

It's over

Section 299(1) of the Constitution provides that the provisions of the Constitution shall apply to the Federal Capital Territory as if it were one of the states of the Federation. It means that the FCT is the 37th state.

So section 134 of the Constitution which provides that “not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in EACH of at least two-thirds of ALL THE STATES AND the FCT” means 25 states or 24 states plus the FCT. Winning the FCT by a candidate is not compulsory.

Yes 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.

MrBiGGEST:
He did.

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

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

Wailing never start sef ...

Is there any difference between INEC and Tinubu?

I think Tinubu won as well.

The bone of contention right now is whether he was qualified to run or not.

Chilling for the court's decision...

Wailing wailers oya cum and defend obi manhood 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

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?

They don't owe you nothing. The court consisting of sane judges will listen and exonerate and commend INEC for the freest and fairest African presidential election in history

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?

Moreso you cannot know more than the sponsors/originators of the electoral act ..what they intended with the contents.

Je ko n mo o INEC

We never voted for Tinubu and can not be our leader.

He can be president of Oduduwa republic

I would be the last person to 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

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.

He did yet he couldn't win the Lagos he governed for 8 years, couldn't win Abuja, and couldn't even win his home state (Osun state).

What do you guys take/inhale to ignorantly make this assumptions? 🤨


Modified: 23 mentions and counting for a stating the fact. Those of you who would quote me afterwards will be ignore like a road side poo!

get used to it or face nigerian army and police....or another option is migrate to other nations....

nobody is beggin you obi noisemakers to stay in nigeria....

INEC is now explaining how elections was held.
They keep releasing statements after statements on the election they conducted.

A very wrong time for INEC to be in the news.

I like how this is going.

SalamRushdie:
I would be the last person to 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

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.

Fact

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.

Lies

Biaflan tears

Gbam

Off course INEC can't say anything other thing. Or do you expect them to it they made a mistake or to it they where bribed to select a winner ?

Do this statement should only be taken at face value and not as for the corrupt election rigger known as Tinubu

Who ever expects INEC to be on opposing side in a crime it plays a major role.

v

wolesmile:
Fact

Yorubas should get ready to face insults, dragging, abusing etc from the headless mobs for the next 8 years

They shouldn't have been added as a respondent

Oskiki:

Lies

And Tinubu won Rivers State too



Bunch of idiotas!