The seven states in the federation that appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn the electoral victory of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the Radical General Assembly (APC), withdrew their appeal.
The states – Adamawa State, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba, and Sokoto – through their team of attorneys led by Sheriff Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on Friday filed Notices of Ceasefire.
The plaintiffs went to the Supreme Court to protest the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25, insisting that the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) acted in violation violate the 2022 election law.
The plaintiffs argued that election results from the 36 federal states and the FCT were not properly communicated and collated by INEC, as required by the Elections Act.
Six states are currently controlled by the opposition People’s Democratic Party, the PDP, in the highlighted case:
SC/CV/354/2023, further alleges that INEC removed the portal containing regulations and guidelines that INEC had previously established for elections.
Consequently, they carried out an order of the apex court, mandating “a holistic assessment of all consequences to date introduced via way of means of the Federal Government of Nigeria via the INEC which had been achieved apart from via the way prescribed via way of means of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022; and the INEC Manual for Election Officials.”
“An announcement that the Federal Government of Nigeria, the INEC, changed into sure to electronically transmit or switch Polling Unit Results in Form EC8A the use of BVAS via way of means of importing a Scanned Copy of the stated Unit Result to the Independent National Electoral Commission Result Viewing Portal (IReV) withinside the path of the General Elections hung on the twenty-fifth of February, 2023 for the duration of the Federation in compliance with the availability of Sections 25; 47(2); 60 (1), (2), (4) & (5); 62; 64(4)(a) & (b); 70; and 148 of the Electoral Act, 2022, governing the 2023 national popular elections, especially paragraphs 38 of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022; and paragraphs 2.8.4; 2.9.0; and 2.9.1 of the INEC Manual for Election Officials, 2023, for the behavior of the Presidential Election.
“An announcement that the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the INEC, to electronically transmit or switch Polling Unit Results in Form EC8A the use of BVAS via way of means of importing a Scanned Copy of the stated Unit Result to the Independent National Electoral Commission Result Viewing Portal (IReV) after the counting and statement of the Polling Units consequences on twenty-fifths of February 2023 in collusion, violates the availability of Sections 25; 47(2); 60 (1), (2), (4) & (5); 62; 64(4)(a) & (b); 70; and 148 of the Electoral Act, 2022, governing the 2023 national popular elections, especially paragraphs 38 of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022; and paragraphs 2.8.4; 2.9.0; and 2.9.1 of the INEC Manual for Election Officials, 2023, for the behavior of the Presidential Election.
“An announcement that the essentially improper electoral procedure via the non-importing of the consequences of every of the 176,974 Polling Units national, in admire of the Presidential Election and National Assembly Elections hung on Saturday, twenty-fifth February 2023 changed into now no longer according with the provisions of Sections 25; 47(2); 60 (1), (2), (4) & (5); 62; 64(4)(a) & (b); 70; and 148 of the Electoral Act, 2022, governing the 2023 national popular elections, especially paragraphs 38 of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022; and paragraphs 2.8.4; 2.9.0; and 2.9.1 of the INEC Manual for Election Officials, 2023, for the behavior of the Presidential Election.
“An announcement that the whole consequences of the Presidential Election carried out on the twenty-fifth of February, 2023 introduced via way of means of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission on the National Collation Centre, Abuja, with inside the flagrant provision of Sections 25; 47(2); 60 (1), (2), (4) & (5); 62; 64(4)(a) & (b); 70; and 148 of the Electoral Act, 2022, governing the 2023 national popular elections, especially paragraphs 38 of the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022; and paragraphs 2.8.4; 2.9.0; and 2.9.1 of the INEC Manual for Election Officials, 2023, for the behavior of the Presidential Election, changed into invalid, null and void, and of no impact whatsoever.”
In addition to the order, “orders a comprehensive review of all results published by the Federal Government of Nigeria to date through the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) which has been conducted differently from the manner prescribed under provisions of the Elections Act, 2022, the INEC Election Conduct Regulations and Guidelines, 2022 and the INEC Handbook for Elections Officials.
Prior to the shutdown announcement, they requested an expedited hearing on the incident.
As a reminder, INEC has declared Bola Tinubu of the governing party, All Progressive Congress, APC, the winner of the presidential election.
Tinubu defeated 17 other candidates in the election.
He won a total of 8,794,726 votes to beat PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, who collected a total of 6,984,520 votes, and Labor Party’s Peter Obi, who came third with a total of 6,101,533 votes. elected.
Since then, the PDP and LP have rejected the outcome of the presidential election, just as they have said they are willing to challenge it in court.
