Presidential Tribunal told to dismiss Atiku, PDP's petitions against Buhari, APC - Daily Post Nigeria

y and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the Feb. 23 general election on technicalities and evidential grounds.

The president and his party, therefore, prayed the tribunal to invoke Section 131 of the constitution to dismiss the petition. “We pray that the tribunal will see this constitutional reason and go ahead to uphold the election of the second respondent forthwith’’, they prayed. “Moreover, the laws in Nigeria do not recognize but actually prohibit transmission of results electronically.“The only means of transmitting election results under the law are through Forms EC8 series. Form EC8A conveys results from Polling Units.

Buhari and APC, therefore, averred that such testimonies of truth from the petitioners’ witnesses further bestowed legitimacy on the outcome of the election. “Section 131 provided that a person shall be qualified for election into the office of the president if he or she has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.“It, therefore, requires precise evidence and proof beyond reasonable doubt, which the petitioners have not been able to establish,’’ the respondents said.

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