{"id":93339,"date":"2023-08-01T11:34:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T10:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election"},"modified":"2023-08-01T13:50:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T12:50:06","slug":"tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal reserves judgment in Atiku\u2019s petition seeking nullification of Tinubu\u2019s election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday in Abuja reserved judgment in the petition of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku seeking nullification of the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Simon Tsammani, while reserving judgment, said that the date of its delivery would be communicated to parties in the dispute.<\/p>\n

The major petitioner, Atiku, asked the Tribunal to do substantial justice to his petition and not technical judgment that may pervert the course of Justice.<\/p>\n

He insisted that Tinubu be disqualified on the strength of the American Court judgment where he was made to forfeit $460,000 on narcotics and money laundering-related offences.<\/p>\n

Atiku\u2019s final address was adopted by his lead counsel, Chief Chris Uche SAN.<\/p>\n

However, counsel to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, urged the Court to dismiss the arguments on the ground that the purported judgement was delivered over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

On his own part, President Tinubu, represented by legal luminary Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, canvassed that the petition be dismissed because the grievances of Atiku and PDP are targeted at the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.<\/p>\n

Details later.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday in Abuja reserved judgment in the petition of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku seeking nullification of the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election. Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Simon Tsammani, while reserving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[1570,2140,316,1578,254,945],"class_list":["post-93339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-atiku","tag-breaking","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"\nTribunal reserves judgment in Atiku\u2019s petition seeking nullification of Tinubu\u2019s election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday in Abuja reserved judgment in the petition of the Presidential ca ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tribunal reserves judgment in Atiku\u2019s petition seeking nullification of Tinubu\u2019s election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday in Abuja reserved judgment in the petition of the Presidential ca ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-01T10:34:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-01T12:50:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1690877794.980113.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tribunal reserves judgment in Atiku\u2019s petition seeking nullification of Tinubu\u2019s election\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-01T10:34:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-01T12:50:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/sm_1690877794.980113.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Atiku\",\"breaking\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tribunal-reserves-judgment-in-atikus-petition-seeking-nullification-of-tinubus-election\",\"name\":\"Tribunal reserves judgment in Atiku\u2019s petition seeking nullification of Tinubu\u2019s election - 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