Atiku, according to INEC, polled a total of 11, 262, 978 votes, 3, 928, 869 votes less than Buhari who garnered a total of 15, 191, 847 votes to clinch a fresh term of four years. But to Atiku and his party, the outcome of the exercise does not reflect the will of the vast majority of Nigerians, who, they claimed, voted against the ruling party.
Atiku and the PDP, in deciding to head to the court, had premised their rejection of the poll’s outcome on a number of issues, even as they stated that they had in their custody the authentic result derived from polling units and voting points across the nation.
Although he won in the two oil-rich states, the margin of victory in Atiku’s reckoning would have been significantly higher had INEC carried out its duties thoroughly without recourse to partisanship. In Yobe, the ruling APC garnered a total of 497, 914 votes while the PDP got 50, 763 votes. The story was no different from neighboring Borno where Buhari polled an impressive 836, 496 votes, leaving Atiku with 71, 788 votes. Thus, an independent authentication of these figures, according to the party, would go a long way in determining the legitimacy or otherwise of Buhari’s tenancy of Aso Rock beyond May 29, 2019.
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