{"id":13472,"date":"2019-07-29T16:07:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=13472"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:07:45","slug":"inec-to-defend-buharis-victory-over-atiku-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/inec-to-defend-buharis-victory-over-atiku-today","title":{"rendered":"INEC to defend Buhari\u2019s victory over Atiku today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will commence defence of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s victory in the 2019 presidential election today, Monday.<\/p>\n<p>INEC will open its defence in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the conduct of the February 23, 2019, election.<\/p>\n<p>The electoral umpire declared Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>INEC will in the next six days defend the allegations contained in PDP and Atiku\u2019s petition where 62 witnesses gave evidence against the credibility of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku and PDP had closed their case at the Justice Mohammed Garba led five-man Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal had adjourned till July 29 for the first respondent, INEC, to open its defence.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major issues that will dominate the tribunal session is the controversy generated by the existence and usage of a server by INEC.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku and PDP are contending that the result of the election was downloaded into INEC server, while both the INEC, Buhari and APC vehemently denied the claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will commence defence of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s victory in the 2019 presidential election today, Monday. 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