Nigerians took to social interaction app, Twitter to voice their opinion over the denial by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that there is a server where results of the February 23 presidential election were uploaded.
INEC’s position was made known at the ongoing Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja challenging the outcome of the election.
Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had through their lawyers led by Levy Uzoukwu (SAN) asked the tribunal to compel INEC to grant them access to the server and smart card readers used in the conduct of the election.
But counsel to INEC, Yunus Ustaz Usman (SAN) in a counter affidavit asked the court to dismiss the application.
“They are asking us to bring something we don’t have,” he said. He drew the attention of the tribunal to its judgment on March 6 granting PDP access to inspect only election materials without the server.
Counsel to President Muhammadu Buhari, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lateef Fagnemi (SAN) both asked the court to dismiss the application for failing to disclose the existence of the server.
Atiku had claimed that results from the INEC server showed that he scored a total of 18,356,732 as against 16,741,430 votes by Buhari.
Nigerians react
https://twitter.com/MgbeojiIkechi/status/1139410274375491584
"We don't have a server" – INEC
"PDP hacked INEC server"-APCHow INEC budgets billions annually with hundreds of millions for IT equipment for a nationwide network carrying critical information can say they don't have a server is nothing short of a miracle!
Lying isn't easy! pic.twitter.com/aLL83PbYx6
— The Seeker (@The_Seeker76) June 14, 2019
Atiku has a very good starting line up of lawyers at the ongoing Tribunal
They have ample evidence to prove conclusively that SERVER was indeed used for Transmission
The attempt to deny use of SCOREBOARD(server) in that match cannot stand a genuine VAR scrutiny. #AtikuIsComing
— Ebube The Statesman (@akaebube) June 14, 2019
TWEET OF THE DAY
"I Believe @officialEFCC Nigeria Knows that the Biggest Internet Fraudster in Nigeria is @inecnigeria .
Telling Us it Have No Server"=@scanaranbaxy— john danfulani (@john_danfulani) June 14, 2019
This is the code I used to transfer my results to inec server…….. Las Las this country is built on lies we go dey aiit pic.twitter.com/Ns69bdoG9i
— Adebowale (@ajagbeabeeb) June 14, 2019
Wait, if there is no server as claimed by inec, where did all that millions of naira go to? pic.twitter.com/3A7SIg4RGO
— Damola the laptop plug 🙌 (@FABIANOFLAGOS) June 14, 2019
Don't be surprised those analog judges don't know what servers are
— Hamma (@HAHayatu) June 14, 2019
INEC denies having a server in court under oath however both the Chairman of @inecnigeria and the Akwa Ibom State REC confirm in these videos the existence of a server where results were to be transmitted on election day. Who is lying? pic.twitter.com/wJoJd0ncFR
— Rex Ehi (@EhiRexehix) June 14, 2019
How can N27B be budgeted for just card readers, and no server? It is either somebody stole the monies for "the technological advancements" in INEC or the server that was procured has now been ferried away or destroyed. Anyhow you wanna look at it, there is a conspiracy of lies. pic.twitter.com/XflWKIh9d7
— Ayo (@theayogeorge) June 14, 2019
This is d server inec don't want you to see , @akaebube just confirmed it in the VAR now. pic.twitter.com/zwfy64j0cy
— AMD (@Horlacunley) June 14, 2019
If the tribunal refuses to grant @atiku’s motion to go and inspect INEC server and election materials in the interest of justice, just be aware that our Judiciary is destroyed, if you have a case settle it amicable because you will/can never get justice in our judiciary pic.twitter.com/fYCxI67YZJ
— Youths For Peter Obi (@YouthsForPO) June 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/YankeeOnline/status/1139436987625156608
https://twitter.com/buchionyegbule/status/1139457201775493120
When INEC
Said dem no get server,Biko INEC should look for our server oh #INEC #AtikuIsComing pic.twitter.com/DUlOi6euzO— Uchenna☦mike (@heniford27) June 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/NekkaSmith/status/1139397702075031552
I was not joking when I said @atiku has ambushed inec.
inec can not affirm their server as that will give credence to atiku's victory.
Buhari's highly celebrated 3.8million winning margin can not be justified.
Atiku will pull the trigger after all lies have been exhausted
— Dokun Ojomo (@DokunOjomo) June 14, 2019
How can we believe they don't have server after listening to this pic.twitter.com/FxQrnMVvho
— Emma (@ration234) June 14, 2019
