- 25% win in FCT not required to win presidential election – Tribunal
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has rested the argument of whether winning 25% in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was necessary in becoming president of Nigeria.
The Justice Tsammani-led panel said the voters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja are equal to every other voters in the states in Nigeria, hence, Abuja has no special status.
The Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidates had submitted that winning 25% of the FCT votes, in addition to meeting other requirements, was a necessary requirement of being declared winner in a presidential poll. The tribunal, which had earlier ruled against the Labour Party and Obi over allegation of rigging, had also dismissed evidences of 10 out of 13 witnesses called by Obi.
