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UPDATE 2-Nigerian supreme court dismisses appeal against Buhari election win

Published 30/10/2019, 20:11
UPDATE 2-Nigerian supreme court dismisses appeal against Buhari election win

(Adds statements from Atiku, Buhari)
By Camillus Eboh
ABUJA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Supreme Court on
Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the main opposition candidate
to overturn the result of February's presidential election in
which Muhammadu Buhari was returned to office.
Atiku Abubakar lodged his initial complaint with the
election tribunal, which ruled against him last month. Tuesday's
decision is likely to end the former vice president's ambition
to govern Africa's most populous country.
The Supreme Court unanimously threw out Atiku's appeal as
"lacking merit", saying in a short statement it would issue a
more detailed reasoning for its decision later.
Atiku said Nigeria's judiciary had been "sabotaged and
undermined," but also that his effort to fight the result in
court had ended. "I must accept that the judicial route I chose
to take, as a democrat, has come to a conclusion," Abubakar said
in a statement. "Whether justice was done, is left to the
Nigerian people to decide."
Buhari thanked Atiku for using the courts to address the
issue.
"Now, following this final legal bid before the highest
court, it is time the country is afforded the right to move on –
in the interest of all Nigerians – regardless of how they
voted," Buhari said in a statement.
Buhari took 56% of the vote against 41% for Atiku, according
to electoral commission data. A Buhari victory had been widely
anticipated.
Every election result has been contested since Nigeria
returned to democracy in 1999, with the exception of the 2015
vote in which Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat to Buhari.

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