The presidential election petition tribunal has ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is at liberty to determine its mode of transmitting election results. Haruna Tsammani, chairman of the
The presidential election petition tribunal has ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission is at liberty to determine its mode of transmitting election results.
Haruna Tsammani, chairman of the tribunal, on Wednesday, cited the judgment of a federal high court in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/1454/2022 delivered on January 23, 2023.He also ruled that Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party , could not establish that INEC deliberately failed to upload results to the IReV in order to manipulate the election result in favour of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress in the February polls.
The LP and its candidate had approached the tribunal to challenge the victory of Tinubu over the delay in the electronic transmission of results by INEC, among other issues.
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