From Victor Osula, Abuja
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku, has filed his appeal at the Supreme Court against the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, which upheld the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as winner of the February 25 presidential election.
Abubakar in the Notice of Appeal filed before the apex court, said the Election Tribunal in the judgement delivered by the Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani led 5-man team, committed grave error and miscarriage of justice in its findings and conclusion in the petition challenging the declaration of Tinubu as President by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, September 6.
Abubakar’s lead counsel, Chris Uche (SAN), in a Notice of Appeal filed on Tuesday prayed the Supreme Court to set aside the whole findings and conclusions of the Tribunal.
In a 35-ground argument, Atiku contended that the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition court did not represent the true picture of the grounds of his petition.
The former Vice President contended that the Tribunal erred in law when it failed to nullify the presidential election on the grounds of non-compliance with the Electoral Act, 2022, when by evidence before the Tribunal, INEC conducted the election based on grave and gross misrepresentation contrary to the principles of the Electoral Act 2022.
