The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has been hearing petitions against President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25th presidential election by the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the Allied Progress Movement of Nigeria since May 30.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressive Congress are respondents. Tinubu, 71, won 8,794,726 votes; 76-year-old Atiku won 6,984,520 votes; and Obi, 61, won 6,101,533 votes, according to the results announced by INEC.
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The Tribunal will continue hearing Obi v. Tinubu and others on Tuesday, June 6, after the petitioner provides evidence from eight states. The first evidence offered is INEC results from Ebonyi State. The state has 13 LGAs. The first to fourth respondents oppose this evidence, as with previous evidence. The tribunal will hear the cases of the Labour Party and Peter Obi against INEC, Tinubu, Shettima, and the APC. Evidence was presented last Friday. Obi is present. Evidence tendering to continue in the petition hearing.
The witness confirms the results sheet was altered after signing it and signed the document under duress to obtain a copy, which was not previously mentioned in his oath statement. Witness Ibrahim Mohammed Hamza from Lafia, Nasarawa State, testified that the BVAS failed during result uploads. A witness identifies signatures on INEC results from Nasarawa State, but the original sheet did not have cancellations. The third witness is Mr. Abraham David from FCT. Witness agrees that Atiku didn’t get 25% in FCT but should still win.
The just concluded presidential election is the first presidential election in Nigeria to use the multimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS), an electronic system for accrediting voters prior to voting and transmission of results to the INEC server, and the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV).
