The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will begin hearing of the petitions filed before it by aggrieved opposition parties against the election of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu today, Monday May 8. The petition, jointly filed by Obi and his party, has the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), All Progressives Congress (APC), Tinubu, and Kashim Shettima as the respondents. Atiku Abubakar, former vice president and PDP presidential candidate, who is among the petitioners hinged his petition on five grounds asking the court to order the electoral body to conduct a fresh election following alleged irregularities at polling units during the presidential poll.
Atiku and PDP are alleging that Tinubu was declared the winner of the election when all results and accreditation data from polling units were yet to be transmitted and uploaded by INEC.
Peter Obi, former Anambra governor and labour party presidential candidate is also alleging various irregularities in the conduct of the election, insisting that Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Shettima, were not qualified to contest.
Obi also accused Tinubu of failing to win the majority of lawful votes and was unable to garner one-quarter of votes in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
