LIVE: Obi, Atiku, Tinubu: Judgment day as tribunal delivers judgment on presidential election
A beleaguered nation — Nigeria — and its people, both at home and in the diaspora, including the international community, await the ruling of the presidential election petition tribunal over one of the most contentious polls in the country amid an ongoing strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress to force the government’s hands to be more responsive to citizens’ hardships.
On Monday, the tribunal fixed September 6 for ruling on petitions challenging the victory of Mr Tinubu.
Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party) and Peter Obi (Labour Party), both candidates in the last presidential poll, are claiming to be the legitimate winner of the election instead of Mr Tinubu, citing his drug trafficking case in the U.S., failure to secure 25 per cent of the votes in the Federal Capital Territory, perjury, etc.
Mr Abubakar polled 6.9 million votes, and Mr Obi had 6.1 million votes in the election.
Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Mr Tinubu the winner on March 1.
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