Atiku, Obi vs Tinubu: Outcomes of Presidential Election Petitions Since 1999

FCT, Abuja - Petitions have been filed after every presidential election since the return of democracy in Nigeria, except in 2015 when the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan lost and didn’t contest the election outcome.

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) announced Wednesday, September 6, as the judgment date for petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

As reported by @thecableindex, there have been seven main petitioners in six election periods to date, and all the petitioners lost their appeal at the election tribunal.

Outcomes of presidential election petitions since 1999

• It started in 1999 when Olu Falae of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) filed a petition against the victory of former President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and lost at the tribunal.
• The outcome was similar in 2003 when Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) lost to Obasanjo.
• Buhari contested under the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) platform and lost again in 2007 to the late President Umar Yar’adua of the PDP and also in 2011 to Jonathan in 2011.
• Jonathan did not challenge the victory of immediate President Buhari in 2015
• Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the PDP lost to Buhari at the tribunal in 2019.
• The fate of Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party will be decided by the PEPC on Wednesday, September 6, in Abuja.

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The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja commenced pre-hearing on Monday, May 8, for the petitions challenging the outcome of the February 25th presidential election.

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The court pre-hearing resumed with an opening remark by the Presiding Justice, Haruna Tsammani, who leads a five-man panel of Justices.

Source: Legit.ng