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'We don’t have a server' - INEC replies Atiku
The Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it does not have the server
where the PDP claim results of the presidential election were uploaded.
The electoral
commission is reacting to the request of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who had asked the tribunal to compel INEC
to allow them inspect smart card readers and the server.
The opposition
party and its candidate are challenging the declaration of President Buhari as
winner of the presidential election that held in February. At the tribunal on
Thursday, Yunus Usman, counsel to INEC, said the party was asking something
they did not have.
“They are asking us
to bring something we do not have,” the lawyer said. Usman asked the tribunal
to strike out the application. Also, counsels of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) and Buhari asked the tribunal to strike out the application of the PDP.
They argued that
they could not prove the existence of a server. The electoral commission
said Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat the former vice-president who
secured 11, 262,978. But Atiku in his application claimed that he polled
18,356,732 votes while Buhari secured 16,741,430, citing INEC’s server.
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