Presidential Election Tribunal Holds Hearing Today

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal Abuja will today begin pre-hearing in the petitions challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission declared that Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election.

The commission declared that Atiku came second with 6,984,520 votes, while it announced Labour Party’s Peter Obi as the second runner-up with 6,101,533 votes.

But Atiku, Obi and some other parties rejected the results announced by INEC and had approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to annul Tinubu’s victory.

Atiku, in his 66-page petition, is praying the tribunal to declare him winner of the poll or order a fresh election.

Obi, in his petition, is also praying the tribunal to nullify Tinubu’s election..