On February 27, 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Buhari winner of the election.
INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, declared Buhari winner of the 2019 election [Guardian]
According to INEC, Buhari polled 15,191,847 of the total votes cast while Atiku racked up 11,262,978 votes. This translates to Buhari defeating Atiku with a vote margin of 3,928,869.
However, Atiku rejected the official results from INEC and vowed to upturn the verdict in court. He had also called the entire election a sham and an emasculation of democracy.
A breakdown of the Atiku petition
On Monday, March 18, 2019, Atiku’s legal team formally filed a petition at the election tribunal.
According to a Punch report, a part of Atiku’s 139-page petition reads as follows: “from the data in the 1st respondent’s (INEC’s) server…the true, actual and correct results” from “state to state computation” showed that Atiku polled a total of 18,356,732 votes to defeat Buhari who scored 16,741,430 votes”.
Team Atiku also claims that the figures were the total votes scored by the candidates in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, as there was “no report on sever” about the results from Rivers State as of February 25, 2019, the report reads further.
Atiku meets with Sokoto Governor Tambuwal before the election (Atiku campaign)
Atiku claims to have defeated Buhari with a vote margin of 1,615,302, according to the election petition from the PDP candidate as seen by Punch.
Atiku says Buhari wasn’t even qualified to contest
Atiku’s petition also states that President Buhari wasn’t qualified to contest the presidential vote because he did not possess the constitutional minimum qualification of a school certificate.
On February 27, 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Buhari winner of the election.
INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, declared Buhari winner of the 2019 election [Guardian]
According to INEC, Buhari polled 15,191,847 of the total votes cast while Atiku racked up 11,262,978 votes. This translates to Buhari defeating Atiku with a vote margin of 3,928,869.
However, Atiku rejected the official results from INEC and vowed to upturn the verdict in court. He had also called the entire election a sham and an emasculation of democracy.
A breakdown of the Atiku petition
On Monday, March 18, 2019, Atiku’s legal team formally filed a petition at the election tribunal.
According to a Punch report, a part of Atiku’s 139-page petition reads as follows: “from the data in the 1st respondent’s (INEC’s) server…the true, actual and correct results” from “state to state computation” showed that Atiku polled a total of 18,356,732 votes to defeat Buhari who scored 16,741,430 votes”.
Team Atiku also claims that the figures were the total votes scored by the candidates in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, as there was “no report on sever” about the results from Rivers State as of February 25, 2019, the report reads further.
Atiku meets with Sokoto Governor Tambuwal before the election (Atiku campaign)
Atiku claims to have defeated Buhari with a vote margin of 1,615,302, according to the election petition from the PDP candidate as seen by Punch.
Atiku says Buhari wasn’t even qualified to contest
Atiku’s petition also states that President Buhari wasn’t qualified to contest the presidential vote because he did not possess the constitutional minimum qualification of a school certificate.
