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Tribunal Fixes Date For Obi, Atiku’s Petitions Against Tinubu
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Tribunal Fixes Date for Obi, Atiku’s Petitions Against Tinubu
By Hussaini Ibrahim Sulaiman
The Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal has fixed Wednesday, September 6, 2023, for judgment in the petitions challenging the February 25 presidential election.
The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart of the Labour Party were among those who challenged the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, Bola Tinubu.
Umar Bangari, registrar of the Court of Appeal, confirmed the date on Monday.
Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 6,984,520, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who polled 6,101,533 votes.
Atiku had asked the court to nullify Tinubu’s victory on grounds of non-compliance with the Nigerian constitution and the Electoral Act.
On his part, Obi asked the court to declare him the winner of the election.
It can be recalled that, on August 1, the tribunal had reserved its judgment, saying the date for the verdict would be communicated later.
