The Independent National Electoral Commission and President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday lost their bid to have the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement and its presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019, Pastor Haminchi Habu.
Habu and the PDM are by their petition challenging the victory of Buhari and his All Progressives Congress at the poll.
Urging the tribunal to nullify Buhari’s election and order INEC to conduct a fresh poll, the petitioners contended that the President was not duly returned on the grounds that the electoral body unlawfully excluded them from participating in the election.
INEC and Buhari had through their respective lawyers, filed separate motions seeking the dismissal of the petition. Read more