Since Tinubu was declared the winner and President-elect on February 25th, it is no longer news that the Labour Party contested the results of the election.
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice presidential candidate for the Labour Party, claimed in a recent interview with Channels Television that Bola Tinubu did not meet the constitutional requirements for INEC to declare him the country’s president-elect….. Continue Reading
Yusuf Datti stated during the interview that Section 134 mandates that in order to be declared the President-elect and awarded a certificate of return, a candidate must receive 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of the states and the FCT. He added that while his party received 61% of the votes in the FCT, Tinubu and Atiku did not receive 25% of the vote there.
To paraphrase Datti Baba-Ahmed,
“There is no president-elect for now, we denied Tinubu 25% In FCT and he violates section 134. Section 134 stipulates who to be declared and issued certificate of return. It is only that candidate that has scored the highest number of votes and at least 25% in two-third of states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Now it is very clear, Tinubu doesn’t have 25 per cent in the FCT, we denied him, we got 61 per cent. Atiku does not have 25 per cent in the FCT, we denied the both of them. By the clear, unambiguous provision of the constitution, which must not be breached, Tinubu has not satisfied the requirements to be declared the president-elect. Accordingly, there is no president-elect for Nigeria now because the declared one violates the constitution of Nigeria.”…
