Atiku made the request on Friday July 21, 2023 in his final address in support of his joint petition with the PDP seeking the nullification of INEC’s declaration of Ahmed Bola Tinubu as winner of the poll.
In the final address settled by his lead counsel, Chris Uche SAN, Atiku said that INEC’s assertion that he won in 25 states was neither disputed, retracted, debunked nor claimed to be error through the proceedings of the tribunal so far.
INEC had in its response to Atiku’s petition, asserted that the PDP presidential candidate won 21 states of the Federation in the last presidential poll.
The 21 states listed by INEC as having been won by Atiku and PDP are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Ekiti, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Osun, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.”
The former Vice President said that since the electoral commission, which on its own averments claimed that he won those states and did rebut the assertion throughout the proceedings, the tribunal should proceed to uphold the declaration.
The final written address read in part, “Very importantly, the 1st Respondent (INEC) who conducted the election made an open admission in paragraph 18 of its Reply to the Petition, where it unequivocally stated thus:
“The 1st Respondent further avers that in compliance with extant laws and regulations, it diligently discharged its duties when it collated the 1st Petitioner’s (Atiku) scores at the election, which aggregate to 6,984,520, winning only 21 states, to wit: Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Ekiti, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Osun, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.
“Indeed, as admitted by the first Respondent (INEC), the first Petitioner (Atiku) won in these 21 states. It is important to note that throughout the trial, the first Respondent (INEC) neither refuted or countermanded this critical averment nor denied it.
“We urge your Lordship to hold that this constitutes an admission that requires no further proof. It also constitutes an admission against interest.
Atiku therefore pleaded with the Tribunal to uphold the assertion of INEC in the process and declare him winner of the February 25 Presidential Election.
In the final address settled by his lead counsel, Chris Uche SAN, Atiku said that INEC’s assertion that he won in 25 states was neither disputed, retracted, debunked nor claimed to be error through the proceedings of the tribunal so far.
INEC had in its response to Atiku’s petition, asserted that the PDP presidential candidate won 21 states of the Federation in the last presidential poll.
The 21 states listed by INEC as having been won by Atiku and PDP are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Ekiti, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Osun, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.”
The former Vice President said that since the electoral commission, which on its own averments claimed that he won those states and did rebut the assertion throughout the proceedings, the tribunal should proceed to uphold the declaration.
The final written address read in part, “Very importantly, the 1st Respondent (INEC) who conducted the election made an open admission in paragraph 18 of its Reply to the Petition, where it unequivocally stated thus:
“The 1st Respondent further avers that in compliance with extant laws and regulations, it diligently discharged its duties when it collated the 1st Petitioner’s (Atiku) scores at the election, which aggregate to 6,984,520, winning only 21 states, to wit: Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Ekiti, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Osun, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.
“Indeed, as admitted by the first Respondent (INEC), the first Petitioner (Atiku) won in these 21 states. It is important to note that throughout the trial, the first Respondent (INEC) neither refuted or countermanded this critical averment nor denied it.
“We urge your Lordship to hold that this constitutes an admission that requires no further proof. It also constitutes an admission against interest.
Atiku therefore pleaded with the Tribunal to uphold the assertion of INEC in the process and declare him winner of the February 25 Presidential Election.
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This man is Soo obsessed in becoming the president that I am even wondering if he has any good intentions or the interest of this country at heart.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering same too
DeleteBut your own candidate isn’t right?
DeleteSerial presidential candidate 🤣
ReplyDeleteBuhahaha!
ReplyDeleteShould we tell him?
Joker
ReplyDeleteEwo bi o shey ri bi elede dudu ti o mu omi yo!
ReplyDeleteChai, this is not cool at all.
DeleteThat's a lie, he is a fine man, let's leave politics and sentiment out of this.
DeleteElede dudu nibo?? E yee paro.
I am so tired of ur drama jare
ReplyDeleteYeye dey smell. Come and collect it now.
ReplyDelete😂😂
ReplyDeleteWithout evidence from inec he should be declared the winner, this man is as evil as thiefnubu and inec.
ReplyDelete2 things
ReplyDelete1. We can liken this to middle child syndrome, where they are largely ignored but once the oldest/first (Tinubu) and the favourite/Last (Obi) messes up, the middle child takes the crown. Lol
2. During my history classes I learnt that our colonials found it harder to rule the southern part of nigeria as compared to the northern the northern part. This is because they didn't kneel or bow to any traditional head and were independent and versatile thinkers. More cosmopolitan.
So it surprises me how the South Eastern states did a kind of block vote. Like none of them thought, Atiku or Tinubu or Kwankwaso or swore had good policies? Like the North has always been docile following whatever their leader says but Eastern people are historically independent thinkers.
Now it seems as if it's the yorubas that are cosmopolitan
I am not from any major tribe, infact i am a minority within a minority, and don't have a degree on politics, these are just my thoughts on how the states cast their votes in the recent elections.
Don't worry Sir
ReplyDeleteNa only money be the wahala
Just pay INEC more money, then you shall become the President of Ndi Minna and Ndi Alakuba Kingdom🙄