Presidential Election 2019: PDP, Atiku appeal to Supreme Court

 

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have approached the Supreme Court to set aside the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judgement that upheld the outcome of the last presidential election.

In their 66-ground of appeal, PDP and Atiku, maintained that the September 11 judgment of the Justice Mohammed Garba-led five-member panel tribunal, amounted to gross miscarriage of justice.

Aside praying the apex court to void the tribunal’s verdict and declare him as the valid winner of the February 23 presidential poll, in the alternative, Atiku, sought for: “An order or declaration that the election to the office of the President of Nigeria held or conducted by the 1st Respondent on 23rd February, 2019 be nullified and a fresh election ordered”.