There are strong indications that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the February presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will only challenge the results from 11 states
This was revealed on Monday during the presentation of witnesses and the last set of result sheets at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The states are: Niger, Yobe, Katsina, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kano, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Kaduna and Zamfara.
While results from nine stated had already been presented last week, the petitioners tendered the result sheets for Zamfara State, and those for the four remaining local governments of Kano.
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They also tendered among other exhibits, newspapers certified by the National Library on April 8, 2019.
Other evidence includes a document certified by INEC containing the total number of registered voters and collected Permanent Voter Cards for the 2019 general elections.
They tendered Form EC8E dated February 27, 2019, which is the final results of the February 23 presidential election as declared by INEC.
Atiku and the PDP also tendered 10 press releases by INEC and which were certified by the commission.
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