The presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday
morning refuted the claim that he was planning to protest against the Muhammadu
Buhari government and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
His rebuttal was contained in a
tweet he posted on Twitter.
He was reacting to a quote
credited to a PDP Youth Group which said: “My Server Results Are Authentic and
If judges frustrate the Justice we will take over the street. I will lead all
Nigerians in a massive protest that mankind have never witness before.”
Responding: Atiku said: “The
quote purportedly attributed to me with respect to INEC Server, an issue
currently before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is fake and the handiwork
of mischief makers.”
At the last tribunal hearing,
INEC denied having a server where results of the February 23 presidential
election were uploaded.
Atiku and the PDP had through
their lawyers led by Levy Uzoukwu, SAN, asked the Tribunal to compel the
electoral umpire to grant them access to the server and smart card readers.
However, INEC’s lawyer, Yunus
Ustaz Usman (SAN) in a counter affidavit asked the court to dismiss the
application.
“They are asking us to bring
something we don’t have,” he said.
Usman further called the
Tribunal’s attention to its judgment on March 6 granting PDP access to inspect
only election materials without the server.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s
lawyer, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lateef
Fagnemi, SAN, both told the Tribunal to dismiss the application for failing to
disclose the existence of the server.
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