ALSO READ:\u00a0War crimes committed in Ethiopia despite formal end to conflict, UN experts say<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n His 42-page notice of appeal urged the Supreme Court to rule that declaring Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election is \u201cunlawful, wrongful, unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever \u2026 having not satisfied the (legal) requirements\u201d to win. The court should either declare him the winner or direct the election commission to conduct a fresh vote, Abubakar requested.<\/p>\n Obi\u2019s 50-page application similarly accused the appeals court of \u201cmiscarriage of justice\u201d in dismissing all his arguments against Tinubu\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n The date to hear the appeals is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n None of Nigeria\u2019s presidential elections since its return to democracy in 1999 has ever been nullified.<\/p>\n Analysts said this year\u2019s election is different given the adoption of the newly amended electoral law that introduced the use of technology to make the process more transparent, The Associated Press<\/a> reported on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nigeria\u2019s main opposition candidates in this year\u2019s presidential election appealed a ruling that upheld President Bola Tinubu\u2019s victory and asked the nation\u2019s Supreme Court in separate applications to declare them the winner instead. In the […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,2],"tags":[1780,124,2178,1463],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-14890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-politics","9":"category-top-news","10":"tag-atiku","11":"tag-election","12":"tag-obi","13":"tag-tinubu"},"yoast_head":"\n<\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n
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