NigeriaDecides: Tribunal To Begin Hearing On Atiku’s Petition Against President Buhari Today
The
Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, will
today commence hearing on the petition the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome
of the February 23 presidential election.
The petitioners, are seeking to invalidate the declaration of
President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the
presidential contest.
A five-man panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal will conduct
pre-hearing session on the petition Atiku and his party lodged before
the tribunal on March 18.
Its however not clear if the panel will be headed by the President of
the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa or by Justice Abdul
Aboki who earlier made preliminary orders that compelled the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, to grant all the parties access to
electoral materials that were used in the conduct of the election.
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