Tag: Atiku

  • PDP governors and MASSOB okays Atiku’s appeal

    PDP governors and MASSOB okays Atiku’s appeal

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    Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have given their backing to the decision of the party’s 2019 presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar to appeal the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s judgment upholding President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. The PDP Governors Forum said the tribunal stood justice on its head in the September 11 verdict. It added that if the…

  • Pro-Buhari Supporter Stabbed In Delta Over Presidential Tribunal’s Judgment

    Pro-Buhari Supporter Stabbed In Delta Over Presidential Tribunal’s Judgment

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    Agency Report Political tension is rising in Delta crisis hotbed of Effurun, Uvwie local government area, following a life-threatening attack on a supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari over disagreement on the outcome of Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal ruling. The victim, identified as Omoiri Elvis, is on danger list after he was seriously stabbed on…

  • PDP, Atiku Should Apologise To Nigerians, Instead of Appealing – Lai Mohammed

    PDP, Atiku Should Apologise To Nigerians, Instead of Appealing – Lai Mohammed

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    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked the PDP and its presidential candidate in the last elections to apologise to Nigerians for “willfully distracting” the Buhari Administration with an election petition. Mr Lai Mohammed said instead of appealing the ruling of Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the opposition party should be…

  • Breaking: Presidential tribunal dismisses PDP, Atiku’s petition

    Breaking: Presidential tribunal dismisses PDP, Atiku’s petition

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    The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party against the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the conduct of the February 23, 2019 presidential election. According to the tribunal: “This petition is accordingly, and hereby dismissed in its entirety.” Full details later…

  • Tribunal: We have enough evidence for Buhari’s sack, says Atiku

    Tribunal: We have enough evidence for Buhari’s sack, says Atiku

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    The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party have called on the tribunal to sack President Muhammadu Buhari when it finally delivers its judgement on their petition. They called on the Tribunal to determine the petition on its merit rather than technicalities and…

  • Presidential Tribunal delivers judgment Tomorrow on Atiku’s petition against Buhari

    Presidential Tribunal delivers judgment Tomorrow on Atiku’s petition against Buhari

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    The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja will on Wednesday deliver judgment in the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 election. The petitioners asked the five-man tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba to nullify President Buhari’s victory at the…

  • Buhari, Atiku Know Fate September 13

    Buhari, Atiku Know Fate September 13

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    Section 134 (1) to (3) of the Electoral Act provides that an election petition should be filed, heard and determined within 180 days. The section was inserted into the Electoral Act following a situation where election petitions took up to four years before being resolved, leading to the disruption of the political process in the…

  • Atiku Vs Buhari: Presidential Election Tribunal Reserves Judgement

    Atiku Vs Buhari: Presidential Election Tribunal Reserves Judgement

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    The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has reserved judgment in the suit filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party challenging the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. A five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Mohammed Garba reserved judgment to a date to be communicated to all the parties involved…

  • Atiku Loses Bid To Inspect INEC Server

    Atiku Loses Bid To Inspect INEC Server

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    Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has lost the bid to inspect the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Chima Nweze, the appeal was dismissed on the ground that Atiku…

  • Supreme Court Strikes Out Atiku, PDP’s Appeal

    Supreme Court Strikes Out Atiku, PDP’s Appeal

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    Ahead of its final address before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. The apex court struck out the appeal filed against a ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The…