At approximately 9:27 a.m., the Justices of the Election Presidential Tribunal convened at the courthouse to render their judgment regarding three petitions aimed at removing President Bola Tinubu from office.
The tribunal’s Chairman, Justice Haruna Tsammani, along with fellow panel members, Justices Stephen Adah, Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf, Moses Ugo, and Abba Mohammed, will deliver the judgment on Wednesday.
These petitions, identified as CA/PEPC/03/2023, CA/PEPC/05/2023, and CA/PEPC/04/2023, were filed with the court by Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate; Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, and the Peoples Democratic Party candidate; and the Allied Peoples Movement, respectively.
On March 1, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the victory of Tinubu, representing the All Progressives Congress, in the presidential election held on February 25, surpassing 17 other candidates. Tinubu secured a total of 8,794,726 votes, defeating his closest rivals: Alhaji Atiku of the PDP, who received 6,984,520 votes, and Mr. Obi of the LP, who garnered 6,101,533 votes.
Dissatisfied with the election’s outcome, both Atiku and Obi filed petitions with the court in an attempt to challenge the results.
