The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has adjourned to Tuesday, June 6 to continue with hearing of the matter of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25 presidential election.
This is after the petitioner (Obi) tendered more evidences from eight states.
Since Tuesday, May 30, the Tribunal has been hearing petitions challenging the
Obi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar; and the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) are the petitioners.
On the other hand, the respondents include the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, and the APC.
According to results declared by INEC, Tinubu, 71, got 8,794,726 votes, 76-year-old Atiku polled 6,984,520 votes and Obi, 61, finished the race with 6,101,533.
This was the first presidential election to deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) — an electronic system for accrediting voters before voting and transmitting results to the INEC server — as well as the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV).
