The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) did not receive more than the requisite 25% of the votes in the February 25 presidential election, according to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), which is chaired by Justice Haruna Tsammani.
While neither President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (19%) nor Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (15%) received more than 59% of the vote, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, did.
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Speaking on the requirement claims by the LP and Obi, the five-man panel on Wednesday said in Abuja during its sitting that FCT residents have no special privileges as the petitioners claimed.
According to him, Section 134 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) stipulates that a presidential candidate must attain or score a majority of votes cast in a presidential election, where two or more candidates are involved, and at least 25% in two-thirds of the 36 States and FCT to meet the constitutional requirement to be declared as duly elected as President of Nigeria.
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