Presidential election court sets judgement date for Atiku’s, Obi’s petitions

The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja has scheduled Wednesday for judgements on the three pending cases challenging the outcome of the 25 February presidential election.

It is coming about a month after the court heard the closing arguments of parties to the petitions, and about two weeks to the expiration of the statutory 180-day lifespans within which the cases filed in March must be heard and determined.

The petitions were filed separately by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and a political party, the Allied Peoples Movement, to challenge President Bola Tinubu.