The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday 11th of September dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 23, 2019 poll.

The Justice Mohammed Garba -led tribunal unanimously dismissed the case for lacking in merit after resolving all the five issues raised in the case against the petitioners.

Justice Garba, who read the lead judgment held that none of the grounds upon which the petition was anchored was proved.

The tribunal held that the petitioners merely dumped documents particularly electoral materials, including result sheets, used for the election on the tribunal without demonstrating them by tying the evidence of any of their 62 witnesses to the documents in their bid to prove the allegations in their petition.

The tribunal held that none of the documents tendered by the petitioners was utilised to prove the allegations , such as overvoting.

It added that contrary to the claim by the petitioners , Buhari was eminently qualified educationally to contest the election.

It added that Buhari did not give false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission to aid his educational qualification to contest the poll as alleged by the petitioner.

Justice Garba also held that the petitioners failed to prove that the results were transmitted electronically by card reader .

He ruled , “In the final result , I have come to the conclusion, which is inevitable and unavoidable, that the petitioners have not discharged the burden of proof required of any of the grounds of the petition in paragraph 15 of the petition.

“ This petition is accordingly, and hereby dismissed in its entirety .”

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Judgement delivered by Mohammed lawal Garba JCA

Judgment delivered by Samuel Chukwudmebi Oseji JCA

Judgement delivered by Joseph Shagbaor Ikyegh, JCA

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