The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday in Abuja reserved judgment in the petition of the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Abubakar Atiku seeking nullification of declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the February 25 presidential election.
Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Simon Tsammani while reserving judgment said that the date of its delivery would be communicated to parties in the dispute.
The major petitioner, Atiku asked the Tribunal to do substantial justice to his petition and not technical judgment that may pervert the course of Justice.
He insisted that Tinubu be disqualified on the strength of the American Court judgment where he was made to forfeit $460,000 on narcotics drug and money laundering related offences.
Atiku’s final address was adopted by his lead counsel, Chief Chris Uche SAN.
However, counsel to the All Progressives Congress APC Lateef Fagbemi SAN urged the Court to discontence the arguments on the ground that the purported forfeiture adding that the said court action was delivered over 30 years ago.
In his own, President Tinubu represented by legal luminary Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN canvassed that the petition be dismissed because the grievances of Atiku and PDP are targeted at the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.
