{"id":98621,"date":"2023-10-26T10:12:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fct-has-no-special-status-25-immaterial-supreme-court"},"modified":"2023-10-26T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:16:34","slug":"fct-has-no-special-status-25-immaterial-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-has-no-special-status-25-immaterial-supreme-court","title":{"rendered":"FCT has no special status, 25% immaterial \u2013 Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Supreme Court has thrown out the applications by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, seeking to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu on the ground that he did not win the 25 per cent votes in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court maintained that the FCT has no special status; therefore, the court said it agreed with the judgment of the Appeal Court that 25 per cent is immaterial, insisting there was nothing wrong with the tribunal\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal had declared that the FCT does not hold a higher status than other states in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The judgement followed Atiku\u2019s and Obi\u2019s petitions claiming that Tinubu did not win the majority of votes in the February 25 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of filing this report, the judgment was still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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