Presidential Tribunal Enters No Case Against Buhari’s Victory

 

                      THE Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which was originally scheduled to conduct its proceedings at the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, is in the process of packing up, as no single case was lodged against the victory of the President-elect, General  Muhammadu Buhari.
Section 285 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, specifically provided for petitions to be entered before the tribunal, 21 days from the day the final result was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.


Investigations by Vanguard revealed that  the 21 days deadline expired last week, with neither the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, nor any other party or presidential candidate, moving to challenge Buhari’s election victory at the tribunal.

It will be recalled that on three different occasions, Buhari himself had gone before the presidential election tribunal to challenge the election victories of ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo (2003), late  Umaru Musa Yar’adua (2007), and that of Goodluck Jonathan (2011).