Presidential Election: Atiku Heads To S/Court As Buhari Wins At Tribunal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 12, 2019
The People’s Democratic Party PDP and its candidateAtiku Abubakar have resolved to challenge the judgment of the PresidentialElection Petitions Tribunal which affirmed the election of President MuhammaduBuhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The tribunal unanimously ruled that Atiku and PDPfailed to prove allegations of irregularities against President Buhari and hisparty over the February 23rdelections.
The five-member panel of the tribunal held thatAtiku and PDP failed to prove, beyond reasonable doubt, allegations ofcorruption and non-compliance with the Electoral Act against Buhari and theAPC.
Atiku and PDP had alleged that security agencies andagents of the APC committed acts of violence, vote-buying, manipulation ofballot papers, stuffing of ballot boxes, massive thumb-print of ballot papers, deflationand inflation of votes, among others.
But in the lead judgment delivered by the chairmanof the tribunal, Justice Mohammed Garba held that the failure of Atiku and PDPto call among their 62 witnesses those from the 11 focal states, mainly in theNorth, affected by the allegations contained in paragraph 15 of their petitionpolling-unit-by-polling-unit as required by law, was detrimental to their case.