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Atiku contested the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, but failed to meet the constitutional requirements to be declared the winner.
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INEC declared that Atiku did not score at least one-quarter of the votes cast in at least two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation and FCT.
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INEC urged the court to dismiss the petition filed by Atiku and the PDP and declared that the election was conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 without any corrupt practices.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar did not meet the constitutional requirements to be declared the winner of the February 25 presidential polls in Nigeria.
INEC made the submission in response to the petition filed by Atiku before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) over the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
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The electoral commission also urged the court to dismiss the petition filed by Atiku and the PDP as the former Vice President failed to score, at least, one-quarter of the votes cast in at least two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“The first petitioner (Atiku), failed to score, at least, one-quarter of the votes cast in at least two-thirds of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and as such could not have been declared the winner,” INEC declared.
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It added that “The election was conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 and was not marred by any corrupt practices.”
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