Tribunal Upholds INEC’s Mode Of Transmission Of Election Result

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Tribunal Upholds INEC’s Mode Of Transmission Of Election Result  

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The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has the discretion to determine the mode of election result transmission for the presidential election held on February 25, 2023.

The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, referred to Sections 52 and 65 of the Electoral Act 2022, which granted INEC the freedom to prescribe the method of transmitting election results during the poll.

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The Tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, which sought to annul the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress based on the alleged “failure” of INEC’s Results Viewing Portal to electronically upload election results in real-time.

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