The Presidential Election Petitions Court on Wednesday has declared validly elected President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The PEPC ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was right to return Tinubu as the duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast in the February 25, 2023 poll.
The Tribunal averred that the petitioner, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, did not successfully prove the allegations against this ground and indeed all the grounds in their petition.
“This petition accordingly lacks merit. I affirm the return of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the duly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The parties are to bear their cost”, the Lead Justice, Haruna Tsammani said.
The court also removed 37 exhibits tendered by the witnesses from the court’s records.
The Tribunal held that the issue of Tinubu’s conviction and the issue of his dual citizenship were incompetent and liable to be struck out and same were indeed struck out.
