Tag: Atiku
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Tibunal: Buhari challenges admissibility of bio data form
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday challenged the admissibility of the form containing his bio-data at the presidential tribunal. NAN reports that the presidential election petition tribunal continued hearing in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, it’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging Buhari’s victory. Details later.
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Atiku, PDP Call Galadima As First Witness At Tribunal
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, called Buba Galadima, as their first witness in proving their petition challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23 poll. Galadima, a spokesperson for the Atiku Campaign Organisation and former ally of Buhari, was reportedly arrested by the Department of State…
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Atiku Submits Additional 26,175 Documents to Prove Alleged Rigging
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded general election, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday tendered additional 26,175 documents to prove his petition against President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 poll. The documents were tendered by his lead counsel, Dr. Levy Uzoukwu, SAN at the proceedings of the hearing of…
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Osun ruling: Atiku’s comment intends to influence ongoing presidential poll suit —Presidency
The Presidency has described as “very ridiculous, and even comical,’’ the reaction of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the Supreme Court ruling affirming the election of Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State. Atiku, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential election, had, in a statement, expressed reservations over…
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Court Bursts Into Laughter As INEC Objects Tendering of Certified Copies of Own Election Results By Atiku
Dramatic Atmosphere As Atiku Tendered Two Different Certified Copies of Election Results For Niger, Yobe According to the Punch, The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday opened the trial at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja by tendering the results of the polls in Niger and Yobe…
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Presidential Election Tribunal: Constitutional lawyer, Nwabueze, leads Atiku’s team as main hearing begins
Foremost constitutional lawyer, Ben Nwabueze, was among the lawyers who appeared in court on Thursday for the main hearing of the Presidential Election Petition. Mr Nwabueze, who was in a wheelchair, spoke briefly to the tribunal leadership before leaving the Court of Appeal, venue of the petition. The tribunal had, on Wednesday, agreed to start…
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INEC, Buhari, APC seek suspension of tribunal’s proceedings, complain of ambush by Atiku
Respondents to the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have called for the “suspension” of proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Thursday (today). Thursday was scheduled for the commencement of trial, when the petitioners challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23 election, were…
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Atiku losses bid to reopen argument on APC’s objection to his petition
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday lost his bid to reopen afresh argument on the objection and competence filed against his petition by the All Progressive Congress (APC). The Tribunal held that Atiku cannot be allowed to reopen argument, especially…
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Tribunal: Atiku Reduces 14 Days Period For Calling Witnesses To 10 Days
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday that they had agreed to cut down the 14 days period the law prescribes for them to call their witnesses in proving the petition to 10 days. The respondents to the petition, comprising the Independent National…
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Tribunal did not reject our request to inspect INEC server – Atiku explains
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has said his request and that of his party to inspect the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission was not rejected by the Presidential Election Tribunal. The former Vice President in a statement by his media aide, Paul…