The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the People’s Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, ATIKU ABUBAKAR seeking access to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s sever.

The Justice DATTIJO MUHAMMAD-led five-man panel, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal, saying there was no basis to interfere with the earlier decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal rejecting the appellants’ request to access the said server.

Justice CENTUS NWEZE, who read the lead judgment of the apex court, said the appellants failed to establish that the tribunal wrongfully exercised its discretion in dismissing their request.

Justice CENTUS NWEZE noted that the allegation by the appellants that they were denied fair hearing by the June 24, 2019 ruling of the tribunal was unsubstantiated.

ATIKU and the PDP had alleged in their petition pending before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that the “authentic” results of February 23, 2019 election which gave them victory were stored in the said INEC server.