Abuja Indigenes Head To Court To Demand Governor, 3 Senators, Reps, State Assembly after Tribunal's Judgement

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 By Oche Alechenu __


The choice emanated in answer to the last judgment passed by the Presidential Petition Tribunal that declared Abuja the FCT not holding special status but similar to other States of the Federation.

The moves was announced by Daniel Bwala, the former spokesman of Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Campaign Organization via his verified X former Twitter account, quoting the tribunal’s judgement which positions Abuja the FCT in uniform's ground with other States of the nation.

In his statement from the X account, Bwala  said: “Following the Presidential Election Petition Court’s judgment which states to the effect that Abuja is just like any other state; I am hearing that the natives of Abuja are approaching the court for an order mandating FGN to let them produce their Governor and 3 Senators amongst other peculiarities of a state. What is good for Guinea is also good for Uganda.”

Recall that the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal ruled that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) does not enjoy any special status compared to the other 36 states of the federation concerning the mandatory 25% vote requirement in the presidential election conducted on February 25.

The court’s ruling, issued on Wednesday, emphasizes that the FCT holds no superiority over any state in this regard.

The tribunal said the Labour Party’s “interpretation of 134(2)(b) of the constitution is completely fallacious, if not outrightly ridiculous.”  

Citing section 134(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) authorized that in a Presidential election including more than one candidates, the triumphing participant or candidate must be firmed with a majority of the total votes cast and procure at least 25% of the votes in at least two-thirds of the 36 States including the Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be announced the duly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.



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