Tag: Bulkachuwa
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Justice M. L Garba Replaces Zainab Bulkachuwa As Presidential Tribunal Begins Sitting
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is now headed by Justice M. L Garba, who is the Presiding Justice of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal. Garba, who appeared on the five-man panel for the first time on Monday, replaces the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. Bulkachuwa had withdrawn from…
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Tribunal: After 18 Days Of Waiting, Bulkachuwa Names Her Replacement
* Fixes a date for hearing in a time-bound presidential election petition * Litigants May Lose Faith, says Omoregie * Lawyers Knock Bulkachuwa Over Delay After 18 days of waiting anxiously for Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to name her replacement and fix a date for hearing in a time-bound presidential election petition, the Peoples Democratic Party…
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Atiku May Drag Bulkachuwa To NJC Over Delayed Replacement of Tribunal’s Chairman
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is weighing his options on how to get the Court of Appeal, which is serving as the tribunal of first instance, to proceed with the hearing of his petition, challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the February 23…
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Atiku, PDP write Bulkachuwa over delayed tribunal hearing
The legal team of the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is disturbed by the continued delay in replacing the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. Worried that a replacement had yet to be provided for her on…
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Tribunal: Justice Bulkachuwa Rules Against Atiku To Avoid Future Reoccurrence
* But Says “I am recusing myself from the panel for personal reasons”. * Directs other panel members to continue with the preliminary case pending appointment of new chairman The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on Wednesday withdrew as a member of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. This followed allegations of…
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A’Court President, Justice Bulkachuwa withdraws from presidential election tribunal
The President of the Court of Appeal, Zainab Bulkachuwa, has recused herself from presiding or being a member of the presidential election petition tribunal. Her decision follows a petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Both parties are challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February presidential election.…
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Bulkachuwa’s son campaigned for Buhari, Atiku, PDP tell tribunal
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Friday told the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja that Aliyu Haidar Abubakar, son of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, campaigned for President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the February 23 presidential poll. They alleged that Abubakar was not…