Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has told President Muhammadu Buhari not to rejoice yet over the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the contentious INEC electronic server.
The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media, Garba Shehu, had while reacting to the ruling of the tribunal said aid the tribunal showed that “the long-standing principle of law has once again been re-enacted”.
However, the former Vice President said Shehu’s comment was a misrepresentation of the ruling of the Tribunal.
“After praising the so-called “landmark ruling”, the statement went on to claim that “the existence of a purported server is being contested and if a purported inspection had been allowed at this stage, it would have amounted to the determination that it indeed existed even when its existence is being contested.”
“Our response is to plead vindication of our case that not only did Atiku Abubakar win the February 23, 2019 elections, but that the administration of General Muhammadu Buhari lacks executive temperament and capacity as we will now establish.
“What the honourable Tribunal said is that it is still at preliminary stages and the main case HAS NOT begun and that the matter of granting access to inspect the INEC server is not relevant to the preliminary stages. It is a matter to be adjudicated upon when the case proper is being heard.
“As such, the celebration by the administration of General Buhari that their electoral heist has been covered is premature. Their giddiness has even blinded them to the eye witness testimony given to multiple media in interviews by staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission that there is indeed a server and that they actually submitted results and accreditation through it.”