Tinubu’s Victory: “INEC’s Server Logs Show Manipulated Election Results”, Peter Obi Reveals in Court

Tinubu’s Victory: “INEC’s Server Logs Show Manipulated Election Results”, Peter Obi Reveals in Court

  • The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has levelled a fresh allegation against the Independent National Electoral Commission
  • Obi, while replying to the preliminary objection by INEC, told the election tribunal that the commission's server logs showed manipulated election results
  • The presidential hopeful also accused INEC of bias, insisting that it ought to maintain neutrality in electoral contests between candidates

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Labour Party (LP)'s flagbearer for the February 25 presidential election has made a serious claim regarding the results.

Peter Obi said the server logs and uploads showed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) manipulated the results of the presidential election, Daily Trust reported.

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Tinubu’s Victory: “INEC’s Server Logs Show Manipulated Election Results”, Peter Obi Reveals in Court. Photo credit: INEC Nigeria, Mr.Peter Obi, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Obi gives further details on 2023 election results

Obi and LP’s submission is contained in a further reply to the preliminary objection by INEC asking the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to dismiss their petition challenging the outcome of the election, especially Nigeria’s president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu's victory.

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Recall that INEC had told the tribunal to dismiss Obi and LP’s petition.

However, in the reply filed by their lead counsel, Levy Uzoukwu (SAN), Obi and LP said there was no factual basis for INEC’s alleged circumvention of the mandatory transmission of the results of the election from the BVAS in the polling units to the IReV, Vanguard report added.

Can Atiku defeat Tinubu in court?

The aftermath of the keenly contested presidential election reached a fever pitch again, and conversations about the possible outcome of the presidential election petition tribunal was predicted.

Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party's Peter Obi both filed a petition against President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Independent National Electoral Commission.

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The content of their petition faults INEC for its controversial decision not to display results electronically in real-time and the malfunctioning of the BVAS machine.

Arewa elders say Tinubu must be sworn in on May 29

In another report, a coalition of Arewa elders insisted that the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, must be sworn in on Monday, May 29, 2023, having met the constitutional requirement to win the February 25 presidential election.

The elders' made this assertion while cautioning those calling for an interim government in the country to desist forthwith.

The group's position was contained in a communique read by Suleiman Usman Jere, chairman of the coalition, at the end of a meeting on Tuesday, April 11, in Kaduna.

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.