PUNCH
The candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has arrived at the venue of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal as it begins hearing today.
The All Progressives Congress candidate cum President-elect, Bola Tinubu, defeated Obi and other party candidates in the election.
Five political parties and their candidates are respectively challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election on grounds of non-compliance with the electoral laws as well as the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The PUNCH reports that the Justices who will be presiding over the various petitions that will arise are: the Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Haruna Tsammani; Justice Stephen Adah of the Court of Appeal Asaba division, Justice Misitura Bolaji-Yusuf, Court of Appeal also of Asaba Division; Justice Boloukuoromo Ugoh of Kano division and Justice Abba Mohammed of Ibadan Court of Appeal.
