The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday in Abuja dismissed the petition filed by Hope Democratic Party, HDP challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s election in the Feb.23 general election.
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Delivering judgment, Justice Mohammed Garba, Chairman of the five-man panel held that the tribunal lack the jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
Garba said the action was an abuse of court processes, adding that the premise on which the petition was hinged was unknown to the country’s Constitution.
The decision was unanimous as there was no dissenting judgment.
The Political Party and its Presidential Candidate, Ambrose Owuru had prayed the tribunal to set aside the outcome of the election on grounds that INEC allegedly failed to follow the provisions of the Electoral Act 2010.
The
petitioners had averred that the electoral body’s abrupt postponement of the
poll earlier scheduled for February 16 was deceptive and done to favour a
particular candidate.
