Atiku, PDP tender documents from BVAS in defence of their petition at tribunal

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The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Atiku along with the party, on Tuesday in Abuja, opened their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) by tendering documents to support their petition challenging the outcome of the February 25 elections.

 

Among documents tendered by counsel to the petitioners, Mr Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) was the Form EC 8E which is the final declaration of winners result.

 

Jegede also tendered the Bimodal Voters Accreditation Systems (BVAS) report from all 36 states including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

 

He also tendered Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) certified documents in respect of the number of registered voters as well as number of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected in all 36 states, including the FCT.

 

Having tendered the documents, the Chairman of the Court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, admitted them as evidence.

 

Justice Tsammani subsequently adjourned the case until Wednesday for continuation of proceedings.

 

Atiku and the PDP approached the PEPC challenging the declaration of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.

 

Atiku urged the court to declare him the winner of the election or, in the alternative, to cancel the election and order a fresh election due to alleged irregularities that marred the poll in thousands of polling units.