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The General Secretary, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Chief Ayo Opadokun, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the Presidential Election Tribunal on Wednesday as a victory for democracy. Opadokun spoke in an interview with Newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday. Recall that the tribunal had dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of Buhari in the Feb. 23 poll. Opadokun said that the judiciary had discharged its responsibility as an arbiter between the two political parties. He said: “I believe that this is a victory for democracy because the…

Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election  Petition Tribunal. Sanwo-Olu in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Wednesday described the victory as a final lap of a relay race where the real victor was evidently seen at the finishing line. You would recall that the PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja seeking the nullification of the victory of Buhari in the Feb. 23, 2019 poll. But delivering judgment on the matter, Justice Mohammed Garba dismissed…

The number of Nigerians that made it back to Nigeria drastically reduced following moves by the South African government to frustrate the evacuation efforts. Only about 185 adults and two infants were successfully evacuated on Wednesday as against the 320 Nigerians expected back home. The flight arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 9:43. They were received by the chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa at the airport. Chronicle NG had earlier reported that South African authorities was allegedly frustrating the evacuation of Nigerians who are for the first batch of airlift from that country. Air…

President Muhammadu Buhari says the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the February 23, 2019 poll, is victory for Nigerians who trooped out to overwhelmingly elect him for a second term in office. “Good conscience fears no evil report. I was unperturbed all along, because I knew Nigerians freely gave us the mandate. We are now vindicated,” the President declares. He dedicates the victory to God, and to Nigerians, while also commending the judiciary for “dispensing justice without fear or favour.” READ: CUPP rejects judgment of the Presidential Election Tribunal President Buhari extends a hand of fellowship to those…

The  Coalition of the United Political Parties on Wednesday said it received with angst the judgment of the Presidential Election Tribunal which upheld President Muhammadu Buhari’s election. The CUPP spokesperson, Mr.  Imo Ugochinyere, said CUPP rejected the verdict totally since, according to him, CUPP viewed it as law turned upside down and an insult and a provocation to Nigerians. He said, “From the totality of the judgment, the Court of Appeal PEPT panel has lost the rare opportunity presented to it by the petition of the consensus opposition candidate,  Atiku Abubakar, to put an end to electoral fraud, leadership incompetence and…

The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday said it completely rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the petition of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the electoral victory of President Muhammadu Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the February 2019 presidential election. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement said the judgement was provocative, barefaced subversion of justice and a direct assault on the integrity of the nation’s justice system. He said that PDP was particularly shocked that the tribunal allegedly failed to point to justice despite,…

South African authorities are allegedly frustrating the evacuation of Nigerians who are for the first batch of airlift from that country. Air Peace flight, which left Nigeria 11:30pm yesterday arrived OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg about 4:00am on Wednesday as Nigerians turned up for the airlift. Sources at the High Commission in Johannesburg informed that after the Commission had prepared the first 320 Nigerians for the first evacuation, the South Africa Immigration was arresting Nigerians who are due to travel, accusing them of travelling without papers. The Nigerian High Commission had prepared travel documents for returning Nigerians but it was…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has dismissed the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the PDP challenging the election of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The court held, in the lead judgment by Justice Mohammed Garba, which has been supported by three of the five Justices of the tribunal so far, held that the petitiioners failed to prove their case. READ: No evidence INEC transmitted results to server – Tribunal Atiku and the PDP had approached the tribunal to cancel the February 23 presidential election citing vote buying, security bullying amongst others. The tribunal dismissed the…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has declared that there is no evidence that INEC transmitted the results of the last presidential election electronically to any server. The court, in the judgment still being read on the petition by Atiku Abubakar and PDP, held that the petitioners failed to prove the existence of an INEC server or that the electoral commission transmitted results electronically. The court held that there is no law in place in Nigeria that allows electronic transmission of results or the transmission of result using card reader. READ: Tribunal strikes out Atiku’s Kenyan ICT expert’s server evidence…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has struck out the evidence given by the Kenyan Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert, David Njorga invited as the 59th petitioners witnesses to establish their claim that INEC transmitted results to a server during the last presidential election. In the judgment still being read in the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the PDP, the court held classified the evidence by Njorga as hearsay evidence because he claimed to have sourced the information about s supposed INEC server from a third party website: www.factsdontlieng.com. Justice Mohammed Garba said the court cannot rely on such…