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The presidential election tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The court held, in the lead judgment by Justice Mohammed Garba, which has been supported by three of the five Justices of the tribunal so far, held that the petitiioners failed to prove their case, and that the petition failed in its entirety.
The tribunal therefore held that Buhari was duly elected, saying that the petitioners failed to either prove that the President was not qualified to contest the election or that he did not win the votes validly cast on February 23, 2019