Tribunal’s Judgement: PDP Decries Delay, Demands ‘Immediate Release’ Of Record
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over what it called the “undue delay” by the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to release the record of its judgment. Two days after the Tribunal affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari won the February 23 poll, the PDP has again rejected the judgment in a statement on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan. It stressed that the record of the judgment was needed to enable the party and its presidential candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar, to promptly file an appeal against the ruling at the Supreme Court. “Our party and millions
Pro-Buhari Supporter Stabbed In Delta Over Presidential Tribunal’s Judgment
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 the head, neck and other parts with a wine bottle by a supporter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate. A source, MC Paul, said on his Facebook post: “I have just received report of an attempted murder of Elvis Omoiri by a neighbor, Best
Breaking: Presidential tribunal dismisses PDP, Atiku’s petition
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
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 ensure substantial justice. The PDP and Atiku insisted that Buhari was not qualified to have contested the election and as such should be disqualified. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, one of the senior lawyers in Atiku’s legal team, said it was the expectation of his client “that
Presidential Tribunal delivers judgment Tomorrow on Atiku’s petition against Buhari
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 poll and either declare them the winner or order the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a rerun. The Punch reports that a senior member of the petitioners’ legal team, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), confirmed to our correspondent that the hearing notice for the judgment had
correct computation of results in 11 states show we won 2019 election, says Atiku
They claimed reports tendered by a statistician to fault the wrong computation of results in 11 states was not challanged by Buhari The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed their final written addresses in which they explained how they were allegedly robbed of victory in the February 23, 2019 presidential election through wrongful computation in 11 states. The states, according to them, are Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Yobe, and Zamfara. The petitioners stated through their lawyer, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), that a correct computation of
Breaking: WAEC official disowns Buhari’s Cambridge credentials
A West African Examination Council official, Osidehinde Adewunmi, on Wednesday, disowned the Cambridge University’s Moderated International Examination credentials produced by President Muhammadu Buhari and tendered as exhibits before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. The two documents earlier admitted as Exhibits 19 and 21 were Buhari’s statement of results and the broadsheet for the results of the 18 candidates who sat for the examinations in 1961. The Deputy Registrar, School Examinations in Nigeria, of WAEC, who appeared before the tribunal on a subpoena, testified before the five-man tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba, as Buhari’s fourth defence witness on
Retired General, APC Witness Contradicts Buhari, Says Army Doesn’t Keep Certificate
It was a rude shock to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Tuesday when Major-General Paul Chadri Tarfa, retd, declared that the military Authority in 1961 did not ask them during enlistment to submit for safe keep their Secondary School Certificates. Tarfa’s submission was contrary to a public statement made by President Muhammadu Buhari wherein he claimed that the military authority was in possession of his certificate. But Tarfa who affirmed that he was recruited into the Nigerian Army on April 16, 1962 with Buhari said this under cross-examination by Buhari’s lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun. Yet, there was a contradiction.
Atiku’s petition: Buhari opens defence with Cambridge certificates, other documents
The five-man tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba, had on Monday asked Buhari’s legal team to open their defence on Tuesday after the Independent National Electoral Commission said it would not call any witness in the case. At the resumed hearing in the case on Tuesday, Buhari’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), tendered a number of documents, including the ones he described as certified true copies of certificates and results of Cambridge examinations which Buhari took in 1961. According to Olanipekun, the documents include, CTCs o Cambridge Assessment International Education School Certificate for Second Division Grade II in 1961 and
PDM chairman’s attempt to withdraw petition against Buhari over exclusion fails
Attempts by Chief Frank Igwebuike, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), to remove the party from the petition filed by its Presidential candidate, Pastor Ameachi Habu, on Thursday, flopped as the Presidential election petition tribunal dismissed the application for lacking in merit. Ruling on the application brought by Morrison Omonu, counsel to Chief Igwebuike, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Mohammed Garba, held that the application was incompetent having being brought outside the pre-hearing session of the petition. Daily Times reports that Habu and the PDM had jointly filed the petition challenging the February 23 general election that was
