Atiku, PDP mull legal option

State went to APC with 438,682 votes against PDP’s 125,423 votes. The returning officer Prof. K. Bala put the number of registered voters at 1,717,128 and accredited voters at 616,168.

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State was won by the PDP with 473, 971 as against APC’s 159,710. The returning officer Prof. E. Essien put the total registered votes for the state at 3,215, 273 while 678,167 were accredited to vote in the election.

Daily Trust reports that results from Ekiti, Osun, Nasarawa, FCT, Gombe, Kogi, Abia, Yobe, Ondo, Kwara, Enugu and Ebonyi were announced on Monday, the first day of collation. Daily Trust learnt from credible sources that the PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar may head to court to challenge the outcome of the presidential election.

Atiku and other officials of his campaign organisation and the PDP held marathon meeting yesterday to agree on a line of action.

“Many things were discussed at the meeting. Some suggested that the former vice president should go to court while others said he should concede defeat even as he considered the legal option. And he seems to be tilting towards seeking redress in court,” one of the sources said.

Already, the PDP had inaugurated a legal committee to collect evidence against the election.

It would be recalled that Buhari, Atiku and other presidential candidates had signed a peace accord, expected to bind them to the outcome of free, fair and credible elections.