Supreme Court Supports Appeal Court 25% FCT Ruling, Upholds Tinubu’s Victory

The Supreme Court has confirmed the Appeal Court’s decision that a presidential candidate is not required to secure a minimum of 25 percent of the votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be declared the nation’s president.

Justice Inyang Okoro led the panel of judges responsible for addressing the appeal filed by Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar against Tinubu’s victory.

The Supreme Court also held that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) failure to electronically transmit election results via the IReV portal does not impact the overall collation process.

Justice John Okoro noted that the Electoral Act grants INEC the authority to decide the mode of election result transmission.

The justice said that the appellants did not provide evidence of electoral law noncompliance but instead relied on INEC’s inability to electronically transmit election results to the INEC Results Viewing (IReV) portal.

Kanyi Daily recalls  Bola Tinubu, along with his rivals in the presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, representing the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, were notably absent from the proceedings at the Supreme Court in Abuja today.