The Presidential Election Petition
Tribunal has dismissed parts of the PDP petition alleging that the
ruling APC used security officers to manipulate the 2019 election.
The court’s decision followed an application by INEC seeking the nulification of various parts of the petition by the PDP.
The
PDP had in its petition accused the incumbent president, Muhammadu
Buhari, and major government agencies including INEC and security
agencies of culpability in the manipulation of election results to the
benefit of Mr Buhari.
The court during a decision on Wednesday
before the final determination of the petition, ruled that INEC was
right in submitting that the PDP ought to have included the security
officers mentioned in the petition as part of the suit.
The court
removed parts of the petition relating to the alleged involvement of
security officers in the manipulation of results as put forward by the
PDP.
The court had earlier refused the application by INEC to
nulify the documents and witnesses put forward by the PDP on the grounds
that the petitioners made wrong spelling of the lead counsel, Levi
Uzoukwu’s name in their petition.
The PDP and its candidate,
Atiku Abubakar, are challenging the emergence of President Muhammadu
Buhari for his second tenure as president in the general elections
conducted on February 23.
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