Federal Capital Territory does not hold a higher status than other states in the country, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal ruled on Wednesday.
Justice Haruna Tsammani, the lead judge of the five-man panel, declared this during the tribunal’s sitting in Abuja.
He said Section 134 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) stipulates that a presidential candidate must attain or score a majority of votes cast in a presidential election, where two or more candidates are involved, and at least 25% in two-thirds of the 36 States and FCT to meet the constitutional requirement to be declared as duly elected as President of Nigeria.
