INEC Server: Presidential Election Tribunal Gives Ruling On Atiku’s Petition

After much ado, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal today declined the application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar to inspect smart card readers and the server for the February 23 presidential election.

Delivering ruling on the application, the five-member panel of justices unanimously dismissed the application.

In the main ruling by the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Mohammed Garba held that the matter is a substantive issue for determination by the tribunal cannot be determined at the interlocutory stage.

This is coming after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC noted that it did not use servers for the 2019 election.