Declare Me Winner, Atiku Tells Election Petition Tribunal

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Atiku Abubakar

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Shola Oyeyipo, Adedayo Akinwale and Alex Enumah in Abuja

Exactly 19 days after President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner of the February 23 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has filed a petition challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, at the poll.

Atiku and the PDP in the petition filed yesterday asked to be declared the winner of the election. In the alternative, he asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to nullify the election and order a fresh one that would be counted in line with the country’s electoral laws.

Speaking with journalists at the Court of Appeal,…



Source: Thisday Newspaper