Nigeria's election tribunal will on Monday start hearing opposition petitions challenging president-elect Bola Tinubu's victory in the disputed February presidential vote, court records showed on Friday.
An All Progressives Congress supporter carries a book with a picture of presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu who was declared the winner of Nigeria's 2023 presidential election, in Abuja, Nigeria, March 1, 2023.
The hearing will be before Court of Appeal judges, who constitute the tribunal. Under Nigeria's electoral laws, the first day of hearing will see candidates' lawyers agree on the witnesses and evidence to be used during the proceedings. Atiku and Obi want the tribunal to invalidate Tinubu's victory, arguing the vote was fraught with irregularities, among other criticisms. Tinubu, who is set to be sworn in on May 29, says he won fairly and wants the petitions dismissed.and had appeared to throw the contest wide open, raising some voters' hopes for change after years of hardship and widespread insecurity under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, 80, a former army general.
But Obi came third behind Tinubu and Atiku, both of whom had powerful political machines and decades of networking behind them.Our Standards:
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