Next week Monday, the Presidential Election Petitions
Tribunal will begin hearing of the petitions challenging the declaration of
Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as Nigeria’s
President-elect.
This means the legal battle by candidates disputing the
announced results of the 2023 presidential poll will commence May 8.
The date was confirmed by the National Legal Adviser of the
All Progressives Congress, Ahmad El-Marzuq.
According to El-Marzuq, the APC legal team has been briefed
and is ready to defend the party’s mandate.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, declared Tinubu the president-elect on March
1.
Tinubu polled 8.8 million votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who scored 6.9 million, Peter Obi of the
Labour Party, LP, who amassed 6.1 million and 15 others.
Atiku and Obi have since filed separate petitions seeking
orders to annul the election or declare them as winners of the polls.
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