JUST IN: Atiku employs 19 SANs to challenge Tinubu’s victory
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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has put together a legal team of 19 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to challenge the outcome of the February 25 election.
Atiku briefed them on Wednesday at his campaign Headquarters in Abuja, asking them to “establish the claim of illegality in the election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people.”
Presidential Election: BVAS data remain intact – INEC
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said information in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, used for February 25 presidential and National Assembly polls are intact.
The lead counsel to the Commission, Tanimu Inuwa, gave this assurance at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday.
INEC is opposing an application filed by the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on BVAS deployed in the presidential poll.
Opposing the application, Inuwa argued it would delay the conduct of governorship and state houses of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday.
Don’t Turn Court To Protest Ground, Obi Warns Supporters
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The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged his supporters against protesting on court premises when the presidential election tribunal commences.
The Appeal Court will today hear the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) application seeking to set aside earlier order granted to both Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to inspect the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines.
Obi and Atiku had obtained the order of the Court to inspect INEC materials used during the presidential election.
However, INEC is asking the court to set the order aside as it may affect the conduct of the gubernatorial election on Saturday.
Lagos guber: Yoruba must reelect Sanwo-Olu, LP candidate will impose Igbo agenda – Fani-Kayode
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has urged the Yoruba in Lagos State to ensure that the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is re-elected.
Fani-Kayode made the remark while accusing the Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, of running an anti-Yoruba, pro-Igbo campaign.
In a series of tweets, the former Aviation Minister, said the LP candidate was part of those who burnt down buses in Lagos State during the EndSARS protest.
He warned that Rhodes-Vivour is hellbent on imposing Igbo agenda in Lagos State.
According to Fani-Kayode: “I make no apology for saying the following. Lagos is NOT no-man’s land. It belongs to the Yoruba.
“Other than winning the Presidency, the most important thing for the Yoruba to do is to ensure that Jide Sanwo-Olu is re-elected as Gov. of Lagos.Outside of that we are finished as a race.
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