The failure by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit election results electronically did not affect the outcome of the election and could not warrant the nullification of the result of the presidential election.
The Supreme Court, in the ruling currently being read by Justice John Okoro, made the pronouncement in a lead judgment on the appeal by former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and that of the candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi.
The appellants are seeking the nullification of the February 25, presidential election won by President Bola Tinubu.
Okoro also dismissed the issue of the 25 per cent requirement for Abuja, as a none issue.
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