The issues surrounding the results of the 2023 presidential election will continue after the Presidential Election Petition Court’s decision on Wednesday.
The three petitions submitted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, LP, and the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, were dismissed by the five-man panel in a final ruling that was read by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, according to OBASANJO NEWS24.
In favour of the respondents, President Tinubu, his vice, Kashim Shettima, and the APC, the Tribunal found all the issues against the petitioners.
Atiku’s petition’s four concerns were all resolved against him because he was unable to present sufficient and convincing proof to support his claims against Tinubu and the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC.
The final forfeiture of $460,000 by Tinubu in 1993, according to Justice Tsammani, was not in accordance with the laws of Nigeria. She read the final decisions.
The Justices ruled that an arrest, plea deal, full trial, conviction, and outright sentence are all necessary before the forfeiture can be used as punishment in Nigeria.
They rejected Atiku’s claims that INEC had violated the Electoral Act by downloading election results, noting that the statute only recognised manual collation of results.
Similar to this, Obi’s claim that he received the majority of valid ballots was disproved because it lacked any reliable evidence.
The court ruled that “the two petitioners failed to establish how the absence of the BVAS machine materially affected the election.”
Instead of offering solid, corroborated proof of the events, the Justices accused Obi and Atiku of threatening and blackmailing the Tribunal via social media.
