Buhari, 76, was duly elected in the February 23, 2019 poll, the five-member Presidential Election Petition Tribunal said. Buhari won with 56 per cent of the vote.
Buhari has maintained that the election was free and fair.
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar, who came in second with 41 per cent, and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenged the election, citing voting irregularities. They wanted the election nullified and Atiku declared winner.
But the tribunal held that Abubakar, 72, and PDP failed to prove their accusations of election irregularities, including voter intimidation.
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The petitioners had also claimed that Buhari did not meet the academic qualification to vie for the position. But the tribunal held that evidence before the court shows that Buhari obtained the Cambridge West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate.
The PDP in a statement on Wednesday rejected the ruling and vowed to lodge an appeal at the country's highest court.
Buhari in a statement on Wednesday welcomed the ruling, saying it was "victory for Nigerians who trooped out to overwhelmingly elect him."
While commending the judiciary for "dispensing justice without fear or favour," the president urged his opponents to join him in the task of moving Nigeria forward.
Buhari, 76, was duly elected in the February 23, 2019 poll, the five-member Presidential Election Petition Tribunal said. Buhari won with 56 per cent of the vote.
Buhari has maintained that the election was free and fair.
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar, who came in second with 41 per cent, and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenged the election, citing voting irregularities. They wanted the election nullified and Atiku declared winner.
But the tribunal held that Abubakar, 72, and PDP failed to prove their accusations of election irregularities, including voter intimidation.
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The petitioners had also claimed that Buhari did not meet the academic qualification to vie for the position. But the tribunal held that evidence before the court shows that Buhari obtained the Cambridge West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate.
The PDP in a statement on Wednesday rejected the ruling and vowed to lodge an appeal at the country's highest court.
Buhari in a statement on Wednesday welcomed the ruling, saying it was "victory for Nigerians who trooped out to overwhelmingly elect him."
While commending the judiciary for "dispensing justice without fear or favour," the president urged his opponents to join him in the task of moving Nigeria forward.
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Nigerian tribunal upholds President Buhari’s election
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