The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the jut concluded elections, Atiku Abubakar has claimed that he defeated Presiden
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the jut concluded elections, Atiku Abubakar has claimed that he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari by 1,615,302 votes, according to data from INEC’s server. Atiku made the claim in a petition he and his party filed before the presidential election tribunal.
He said data from the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shows the true and correct results from state to state computation. Atiku garnered a total of 18,356,732 votes to defeat Buhari, who reportedly polled 16,741,430 votes, according to the 139-page document. He said the results were the total votes scored by the candidates in 35 states and the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja, since there was no report on the sever showing results from Rivers state as of February 25, 2019.
According to the result declared by INEC from the 36 states and the FCT, Buhari polled 15,191,847, while Atiku came second with 11,262,978 votes. Atiku had rejected the result, alleging widespread irregularities. He had asked the tribunal to declare him the authentic winner of the election or order that a fresh poll be conducted.
The petition also raised the allegation that Buhari was unqualified to vie for the presidential election considering that he did not possess the minimum qualification of a school certificate as required by the constitution.
