The presidential election petition court has consolidated
all the petitions against the election of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president.
Tinubu, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), was declared the February 25 presidential poll winner with 8,794,726
votes.
Aggrieved by the outcome, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi, the Labour Party
(LP) candidate, are challenging Tinubu’s victory.
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) is also challenging
Tinubu’s election.
The presidential election petition court had raised the
issue of consolidating all the petitions and asked parties to address it.
Tinubu and the APC had opposed the issue of a merger but the
other petitioners maintained a neutral stance.
At the resumed court session on Tuesday, a five-member panel
of the court led by Haruna Tsammani held that the petitions would be
consolidated and heard side by side given the time constraint to hear and
determine the petitions.
The court has fixed May 30 to commence definite hearing of
the petitions.
By law, the tribunal has 180 days to determine the petitions
and that expires on September 16, 2023.
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