Six states have dragged the federal government before the Supreme Court over the conduct, collation and announcement of the February 25, 2023, presidential and National Assembly elections.
The six
states: Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto, want
the apex court to declare that the pronouncement of the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as winner of the February 25
presidential election and president-elect based on that election void.
Their argument
was that the declaration of the Presidential Election results by the INEC
Chairman at the National Collation Centre in Abuja blatantly contravened the
provisions of the Electoral Act.
According to
them, they want a declaration that the non-uploading of the results of each of
the 176,974 Polling Units nationwide, in respect of the presidential election
and National Assembly Elections were not in accordance with the provisions of
the electoral act.
“A declaration
that the entire results of the Presidential Election conducted on the 25th of
February, 2023 announced by the Chairman of INEC at the National Collation
Centre, Abuja, in flagrant violation of the provisions of Sections 25; 47(2);
60 (1), (2), (4) & (5); 62; 64(4)(a) & (b); 70; and 148 of the
Electoral Act, 2022, governing the 2023 nationwide general elections,
particularly paragraphs 38 of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the
Conduct of Elections, 2022; and paragraphs 2.8.4; 2.9.0; and 2.9.1 of the INEC
Manual for Election Officials, 2023, for the conduct of the Presidential
Election, were invalid, null and void, and of no effect whatsoever.
“A declaration
that the fundamentally flawed electoral process through the non-uploading of
the results of each of the 176,974 Polling Units nationwide, in respect of the
presidential election and National Assembly Elections held on Saturday, 25th
February 2023 were not in accordance with the provisions of Sections 25; 47(2);
60 (1), (2), (4) & (5); 62; 64(4)(a) & (b); 70; and 148 of the
Electoral Act, 2022, governing the 2023 nationwide general elections,
particularly paragraphs 38 of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the
Conduct of Elections, 2022; and paragraphs 2.8.4; 2.9.0; and 2.9.1 of the INEC
Manual for Election Officials, 2023, for the conduct of the presidential
election."
What you should
know: Recall that the INEC declared Tinubu as having won the presidential
election on Wednesday, March 01, 2023.
The electoral
body has also issued Tinubu the certificate of return.
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