Atiku did not defeat Buhari in the presidential election, says INEC

Yusuf Bello|

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday while making its final submissions in the petition by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the presidential election tribunal urged the court to dismiss the petition.

INEC’s lawyer, Yunus Usman (SAN) in his submission denied claim by Atiku and the PDP that INEC transmitted results electronically as there is no provision for that in the electoral law of the country.

Usman, who argued that Atiku and his party did not call any witness to substantiate its claim on the use of server by the electoral umpire, described the petition as a mere waste of the court’s time because they made allegations they could not substantiate.

He said, “This is a worthless petition. INEC did not abandon its pleadings. It only extracted salient evidence from their (petitioners) witnesses.

“It would have been a waste of the court’s time to call witnesses when the petitioners failed to prove anything and admitted the issues we advanced in our pleadings

“We urge the court to dismiss this petition, which was meant to test the water with two legs, and they are now falling.”