The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, where the outcome of the 25 February presidential poll is being challenged, on Monday, admitted in evidence the final report of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) on the conduct of the poll.
The report, which was critical of INEC’s conduct of the disputed election, was admitted as an exhibit in the case filed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the poll.
Mr Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) clinched victory in the polls, defeating Atiku, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, who came third, and 15 other candidates in the race.
But both opposition candidates filed separate petitions at the court to challenge the outcome of the disputed 25 February election, citing widespread electoral malpractices, among other issues.
Earlier, PREMIUM TIMES reported how the EU Observers report, brought to court by Atiku’s legal team on…
