THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, Tuesday stormed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) even as parties move their respective final written addresses.
The adoption of final addresses climax legal arguments and it is the last stage before judgment is delivered.
Alhaji Atiku and the PDP are challenging the outcome of the 25 February presidential election.
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the court had on the last adjourned date directed parties to prepare their final briefs of argument and appear before it to adopt
The court, in a notice to the parties, invited them to adopt their written address with respect to the petition filed against President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, praying the court to nullify their election.
It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on 1st March 2023 announced that Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), won the presidential election ahead of 17 other candidates that participated in the contest.
It declared that Tinubu scored 8,794,726 votes to defeat the two major contenders, Atiku of the PDP, who came second with 6,984,520 votes, and Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who came third with 6,101,533 votes.
However, dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, both Atiku and Obi approached the court to invalidate it.
The duo, in their separate petitions, claimed that they won the presidential poll, even as they challenged Tinubu’s eligibility to contest the election.
The petitioners are praying the court to nullify the election and order a fresh presidential election, with the exclusion of President Tinubu whom they argued was ab-initio, not qualified to participate.
Eighteen-Eleven Media