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July 22, 2019
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday fixed August 23, for adoption of final written address in the suit filed by the Hope Democratic Party, HDP  and its presidential candidate, Ambrose Owuru,  challenging the election  of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Thepetition, challenging the victory of Buhari and his All Progressives Congressin the last presidential election, is anchored on the grounds that therescheduling of the poll from February 16, 2019 to February 23, 2019 was done withoutany recognisable presence or existence and or compliance with prescribedstatutory conditions to do so.”
Theycontended that with the rescheduling, the presidential election was deemed abandonedself-sabotaged and relinquished, giving way for the people’s controlled affirmativereferendum election which they said, by 50 million votes, validated Awuru asthe elected President.
Therespondents to the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission,President Buhari and the APC.
Thefive-member tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba, fixed the date after theHDP and Owuru closed their case against Buhari.