The Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, will commence defence of President Muhammadu
Buhari’s victory in the 2019 presidential election today, Monday.
INEC will open its defence in the
petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the conduct of the February 23, 2019,
election.
The electoral umpire declared
Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner.
INEC will in the next six days
defend the allegations contained in PDP and Atiku’s petition where 62 witnesses
gave evidence against the credibility of the election.
Atiku and PDP had closed their
case at the Justice Mohammed Garba led five-man Presidential Election Petition
Tribunal in Abuja.
The tribunal had adjourned till
July 29 for the first respondent, INEC, to open its defence.
One of the major issues that will
dominate the tribunal session is the controversy generated by the existence and
usage of a server by INEC.
Atiku and PDP are contending that
the result of the election was downloaded into INEC server, while both the
INEC, Buhari and APC vehemently denied the claim.
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