Tag: presidential Tribunal
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Buhari escapes nullification of election’s victory at Presidential Tribunal over exclusion of C4C from ballot
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has dismissed a petition challenging the victory recorded by President Muhammadu and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last presidential election. The Coalition for Change (C4C) and its presidential candidate, Geff Chizee Ojinika, had filed the petition marked: CA/PEPTL/003/2019, in which they complained of unlawful exclusion…
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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 Demands Access To INEC Card Readers, Central Server To Prove He Won 2019 Election
The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed a fresh application for access to information contained in the smart card readers and “central server”, which it said the Independent National Electoral Commission used for the conduct of the disputed election. They filed the application before…
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Tribunal: PDP, Atiku ask Justice Bulkachuwa to recuse self from presiding on their case
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar have asked the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to recuse herself from conducting the election petitions hearing. The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal had set the day’s proceeding on pre-hearing of the petitions by both PDP and Atiku in the petition…
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Breaking: Courtroom Crowded As Presidential Tribunal Begins Sitting
The courtroom was filled to capacity with array of lawyers as the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal commenced sitting in Abuja on Wednesday. The tribunal is presided over by the President of the Court of the Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa. Channels TV reports that Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu…