The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) it used for the presidential election held on 25 February. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, the court held that preventing the commission …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday inaugurated the legal team to challenge the presidential election of 25 February. While inaugurating the legal team at his campaign headquarters in Abuja, Atiku charged it to establish the claim of illegality in the election and “reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people”. Atiku told the team …

The  Federal Capital Territory (FCT)  Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a re-run chairmanship election in six wards of Kuje Area Council. Delivering judgment, Chief Magistrate Muinat Oyekan, who led a three-member panel, nullified the elections held in nine polling units where elections were marred by irregularities. The judge ordered that …