The PEPC dismissed the petitions, saying they lacked merit.
Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal judgement that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023, presidential election.
Addressing a world press conference on Thursday, Atiku said the tribunal judgement failed to restore confidence.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Presidential Election Petition Court had struck out the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) as well as Atiku and the PDP against President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
The PEPC dismissed the petitions, saying they lacked merit.
On March 1, INEC announced Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election contested by 18 candidates.
It declared that Tinubu got a total of 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party who got a total of 6,984,520 votes and Obi who came third with a total of 6,101,533 votes.
However, on Wednesday, the court said the petitioners “failed to specify the particular polling units and specific places where electoral malpractice occurred”.
“Though the judgement of yesterday is respected, it is a judgement I refused to accept. I refused to accept the judgement because I believe it is bereft of substantial justice,” Atiku said at the ongoing world press conference at the PDP headquarters in Abuja.
