The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has claimed that Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), did not meet the constitutional requirements to be declared winner of the February 25 election. BUSINESS HALLMARK reports.Information Guide Nigeria
The commission urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the petition by Atiku and his party, noting that the PDP flag bearer failed to score, at least, one-quarter of the votes cast in at least two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and as such could not have been declared the winner.
As against the claim by the petitioners, INEC added that the election was conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 and was not marred by any corrupt practices.
The commission said the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu validly won the election.
At the just-concluded election, Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku who scored 6,984,520, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party who got 6,101,533. Atiku and Tinubu won 12 states each while Obi won 11 states and the FCT.
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Both Atiku and Obi are in court to challenge the declaration of Tinubu as the winner by INEC but the electoral umpire told the court that the FCT is not accorded any special status in the constitution as being erroneously portrayed by some political parties and candidates who lost the election.JAMB Result
The commission said the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate met all the legal requirements to be so announced as the winner.
It argued that a candidate must not secure 25 percent of votes in the FCT to be declared the winner.
On why it returned Tinubu as the winner, INEC said the APC candidate scored 25 percent of the valid votes cast in 29 states of the Federation.JAMB Portal
INEC added that by the margin of the lead, it did not act hastily, as claimed by Atiku and the PDP in declaring Tinubu the winner.NYSC Portal
It noted that Tinubu scored 25 percent of the valid votes cast in 29 states, namely: Ekiti, Kwara, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo, Yobe, Lagos, Gombe, Adamawa, Katsina, Jigawa, Nasarawa, Niger, Benue, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Kogi, Bauchi, Plateau, Bayelsa, Kaduna, Kebbi, Kano, Zamfara, Sokoto, Taraba, Borno, and Rivers.
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