Waziri of Adamawa, Atiku Abubakar
The presidential candidate of the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar the Waziri of Adamawa, have filed
a motion to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to release
all the materials that were used for the February 23 presidential election, for
inspection following the disputed claims on the outcome of the exercise.
An ex-parte motion was lodged before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday, the Tribunal will conduct its proceedings at the Court of Appeal Headquarters in Abuja. In the motion ex-parte dated March 4, Atiku and the PDP, applied for leave of the tribunal to allow them to see and inspect the Voters Register, the Smart Card Reader Machines, Ballot Papers and other vital documents that were used in the conduct of the presidential election. They equally prayed the tribunal to compel the electoral body to allow their agents to scan and make photocopies of vital documents used in the conduct of the election, for the purpose of establishing alleged infractions during the elections.
An ex-parte motion was lodged before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday, the Tribunal will conduct its proceedings at the Court of Appeal Headquarters in Abuja. In the motion ex-parte dated March 4, Atiku and the PDP, applied for leave of the tribunal to allow them to see and inspect the Voters Register, the Smart Card Reader Machines, Ballot Papers and other vital documents that were used in the conduct of the presidential election. They equally prayed the tribunal to compel the electoral body to allow their agents to scan and make photocopies of vital documents used in the conduct of the election, for the purpose of establishing alleged infractions during the elections.
The Applicants, through their lawyer, Chief
Chris Uche, SAN, told the elections tribunal that the prayer sought against
INEC was for the purpose of filing and maintaining an election petition they
intend to lodge against the outcome of the 2019 Presidential Election. The
motion ex-parte motion was supported with a 12 paragraphed affidavit that was
deposed to by one Col. Austin Akobundu, rtd, the director of Contact and
Mobilization of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council.
As at the time of reporting no date has yet
been fixed for hearing of the motion which has INEC, President Muhammadu Buhari
and the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the 1st to 3rd Respondents.
The suit will continue once a date is fixed
for the hearing challenging the presidential election results of Saturday 23rd
February.
If we recall the last presidential election in 2011 was also challenged in court by the then CPC party when PDP won the elections that ushered in GEJ but in 2015 this was not the case as the incumbent president then Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari of the APC in what was a landslide victory accross the states of the federation and he immediately conceded to defeat and congratulated the then candidate of the APC.
If we recall the last presidential election in 2011 was also challenged in court by the then CPC party when PDP won the elections that ushered in GEJ but in 2015 this was not the case as the incumbent president then Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari of the APC in what was a landslide victory accross the states of the federation and he immediately conceded to defeat and congratulated the then candidate of the APC.
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