Why Presidential Election Results Were Not Transmitted Successfully, Atiku’s Witnesses Reveal in Court
- Three ad hoc staff of the INEC have made a strong revelation regarding the February 25 presidential election results
- At the presidential election tribunal today, the presiding officers as witnesses of Abubakar Atiku and the PDP, reevaled that the election results refused to upload on INEC's IReV
- The witnesses told the court that there were able to use the BVAS to transmit the senatorial and House of Representatives elections successfully
Three ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who were Presiding Officers for the February 25 presidential election have told the Presidential Election Petition Court ( PEPC) that only the results of the presidential election refused to upload to INEC's IREV.
The three presiding officers, representing Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), told the court that they were able to use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine to transmit results for the senatorial and House of Representatives elections successfully, Vanguard reported.
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Why Presidential Election Results Refuse to Upload, INEC Officers Reveal in Court
Led in evidence by the petitioner’s counsel, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, the INEC staff, however, told the court in their separate testimonies that they were unable to use the BVAS to transmit the presidential election results thereby making them unsatisfied with the entire election process.
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The three witnesses, Janet Turaki, Christopher Ardo and Victoria Sani told the court that they were presiding officers in Yobe, Bauchi and Katsina states respectfully.
The witnesses all agreed that other aspects of the election went well until it was time to upload the presidential results then the BVAS machines refused to work, The Guardian report added.
Presidential tribunal rejects Bola Tinubu, APC’s applications in case versus opposition
The presidential election petition tribunal sitting at the court of appeal premises in Abuja, on Monday, June 19, rejected the application of President Bola Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to dismiss the petition filed by the Allied People’s Movement (APM).
The APM is challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima of the APC in the Saturday, February 25 election.
Tribunal stalls petition filed against Tinubu, Shettima, gives reason
In other news, Legit.ng reported that the Supreme Court's delay to release a copy of its May 26 verdict on the PDP's case stalled the Friday, June 2 hearing of the petition filed by the APM before the President ELection Petition Court.
The apex court dismissed the PDP suit praying the court to void Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima's presidential and vice presidential ticket of the APC in the 2023 general election.
Source: Legit.ng
