Atiku is a not a Nigerian, can’t challenge Buhari’s victory, APC tells tribunal
Admin l Friday, April 12, 2019
ABUJA, Nigeria – The All Progressive Congress(APC) on Friday, told the Appeal Tribunal that presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is not a Nigerian but a citizen of Cameroon and therefore not qualified to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the tribunal.
In a report monitored on Channels Television, APC asked the tribunal to dismiss Atiku’s petition for lack of merit, adding that Atiku was born on November 25, 1946, in Jada, Adamawa, in Northern Cameroon and is therefore, a citizen of Cameroon and not a Nigerian by birth.
Consequently, the APC posited that the 11.1 million votes Alhaji Atiku Abubakar polled during the presidential election should be voided and considered a waste by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The Presidential candidate of the PDP had in his petition, CA/PEPC/002/2019 faulted the conduct of the February 23 Presidential Election for lack of compliance with relevant electoral laws and other malpractices such as intimidation of voters,unlawful arrest of his sympathizers and the harassment by soldiers and other law enforcement of those wishing to vote for him.
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the petition.
