Obi attacks INEC for defending Tinubu, Atiku claims victory

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, says since 1993 when he began gunning for the President seat, he has done so without any controversy unlike the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu, who is contending with alleged drugs and identity scandals.

Atiku said this in his response to the preliminary objection filed by Tinubu and APC in reaction to Atiku’s petition, challenging Tinubu’s emergence as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election.

The commission declared that Atiku came second with  6,984,520 votes, while it announced Labour Party’s Peter Obi as the second runner-up with  6,101,533 votes.

But Atiku, Obi and some other parties rejected the results announced by INEC and heeded for the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja with prayers that the election should be nullified.

In response to Atiku’s petition, Tinubu had described the former Vice President of Nigeria as a serial loser, noting that he had been trying without success to become President since 1993.