Atiku vs Buhari: Election Tribunal delivers judgment on Wednesday

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Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will on Wednesday deliver judgment in the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 election.

Atiku and PDP asked the five-man tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba to nullify President Buhari’s victory at the poll and either declare them the winner ‎or order the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a rerun.

A senior member of the petitioners’ legal team, Mike Ozekhome SAN, confirmed to newsmen that the hearing notice for the judgment had been served on lawyers representing the parties to the case on Tuesday.

Ozekhome said, “I can confirm to you that the judgment will be delivered 9.00am tomorrow (Wednesday).”

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