Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the presidential election
tribunal did not reject his request to inspect the server of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC).
He spoke in reaction to a
statement from a presidential spokesperson describing the judgement of the
tribunal as “victory against propaganda”.
According to the former
vice-president, the tribunal only ruled that the request being sought is not
relevant at its current stage of hearing.
“The request by Atiku Abubakar
and the Peoples Democratic Party to inspect the server of the Independent
National Electoral Commission was NOT rejected,” Paul Ibe, his spokesman, said
in a statement on Tuesday.
“What the honourable Tribunal
said is that it is still at preliminary stages and the main case HAS NOT begun
and that the matter of granting access to inspect the INEC server is not
relevant to the preliminary stages. It is a matter to be adjudicated upon when
the case proper is being heard.”
The statement added that not only
did Abubakar win the presidential election in February, “but that the
administration of General Muhammadu Buhari lacks executive temperament and
capacity as we will now establish.”
“In their rush to claim a Pyrrhic
victory, the General Buhari administration missed out the fact that the 2019
budget has multiple line items for procurement, maintenance and service of the
server they claim does not exist.” it added.
“In the light of this, we remind
those who are gloating in their ignorance that ‘he who laughs last, laughs
best’. The last has not been heard of this matter and we eagerly anticipate the
ACTUAL ruling of the Tribunal when the case proper begins.”
The PDP’s request to inspect the
said server was premised on its arguments that results from the electronic
platform shows Abubakar defeated President Muhammadu Buhari.
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