Tribunal begins hearing on petitions challenging Tinubu’s election May 8

The Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed Monday, May 8, for pre-hearing of the petitions challenging the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Yakubu Mahmood had, on March 1 declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate the winner of the February 25 presidential election.

A reliable source at the registry of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, who confirmed the date for the hearing and craved anonymity added that notice of the pre-hearing session had been served on all the parties in the matter.

At the pre-hearing session, the Court will look at other applications filed before the main hearing of the petitions.

The Presidential Election Petition Court is expected to provide a full timetable for the hearing of the substantive petitions filed against Tinubu’s victory at the election.

Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and others want Tinubu’s victory upturned on the grounds of substantial noncompliance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Electoral Act, and INEC’s guidelines for the conduct of the election.