Nigeria: Tribunal Begins Sitting, Hears Atiku, PDP Petitions May 15

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal yesterday began work on the petitions filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his party and three other political groups alongside their flag-bearers against the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winners of the February 23, 2019 polls.

The sitting opened with an appeal to the litigants to shun actions that could put the panel in a negative light.

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