.atiku vs Tinubu: 25% of FCT votes not needed to win presidential election, says INEC | TheCable NigeriaDecides2023
Challenging Tinubu’s victory in the petition marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, Atiku and the PDP claimed that“The 2nd respondent was not duly elected by the majority of lawful votes cast at the election,” the petition reads.The PDP candidate wants the tribunal to nullify Tinubu’s victory and withdraw the certificate of return issued to him.dismiss the petition by Atiku and his party.
“The election was conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 and was not marred by any corrupt practices.”that the APC candidate met all the legal requirements to be so announced as the winner of the election, adding that a candidate must not secure 25 per cent votes in the FCT to be declared winner because the FCT was not accorded any special status in the constitution as being “erroneously” portrayed by some political parties and candidates who lost the election.
“The second respondent, having scored 25 per cent of the valid votes cast in the 29 states, has satisfied the requirement of the constitution to be declared winner of the presidential election, thus rendering the requirement of having 25 per cent of the valid votes cast in the FCT unnecessary.
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