Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last month's election has filed a petition against the victory of President Mohammadu Buhari at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in furtherance of his claim that the election was marred by irregularities.
Atiku and his party said they have assembled over 400 witnesses to testify against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the winner of the election at the Tribunal.
According to the legal adviser to the PDP, Emmanuel Enoidem, the petitioners would be represented by over 20 Senior lawyers at the tribunal.
The petitioners had 21 days from the date the final results of the presidential election were announced on February 27, 2019.
Enoidem said the main opposition party is seeking the declaration of its members who won election massively across the country to be declared the winner of that election.
“In the alternative, we also asked that the results be set aside on the grounds of irregularities which were very apparent across the country.
“We have a pool of 20 SANs, who are tested in election petitions matters, and other senior lawyers who are also working with them. So we are very ready for the petition. The petition is well packaged.
“The depositions are well put together. More than 400 witnesses are going to testify in this petition. Nigerians are at home with what happened in February ... the sham they called election.
“Of course, we are going to re-present the facts to Nigerians as the facts are already in the domains on Nigerians. We are not going to manufacture facts.”
While the order of the tribunal permitting the petitioners to have access to the electoral materials used for the conduct of the election had yet to be enforced, Enoidem said on Monday that his party and its candidates were able to beat the time in filing the petition.
Enoidem said the main opposition party is seeking the declaration of its members who won election massively across the country to be declared the winner of that election.
“In the alternative, we also asked that the results be set aside on the grounds of irregularities which were very apparent across the country.
“We have a pool of 20 SANs, who are tested in election petitions matters, and other senior lawyers who are also working with them. So we are very ready for the petition. The petition is well packaged.
“The depositions are well put together. More than 400 witnesses are going to testify in this petition. Nigerians are at home with what happened in February ... the sham they called election.
“Of course, we are going to re-present the facts to Nigerians as the facts are already in the domains on Nigerians. We are not going to manufacture facts.”
While the order of the tribunal permitting the petitioners to have access to the electoral materials used for the conduct of the election had yet to be enforced, Enoidem said on Monday that his party and its candidates were able to beat the time in filing the petition.
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