THE Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has upheld the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 25th February presidential election.
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-man panel Wednesday discountenanced the petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar; the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, challenging the victory of Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on 1st March.
Mr Tinubu won the poll with 8,794,726 votes while Atiku came second with 6,984,520 and Peter Obi of the Labour Party third with 6,101,533 votes. The three candidates won 12 states each.
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