The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday fixed May 15 and May 16 for the pre-hearing session in the petitions filed by the candidate of PDP in the 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, three other political parties and their presidential candidates.
They are challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
At the inaugural sitting at the Appeal Court complex, Abuja, Chairman of the five-man tribunal panel, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, urge all counsel representing parties in the matter to identify the petitions and applications filed before the tribunal.
Bukachuwa who is also the President of the Appeal Court, assured all stakeholders that each litigant would be given equal opportunity to present his case in a mature manner.
Atiku, PDP and the others, in their various petitions, are seeking the nullification of Buhari’s victory at the Feb. 23 presidential poll on allegations of widespread rigging, violations of the Electoral Act, suppression of voters, violence amongst other electoral malpractices.
