Tinubu’s Presidential Election Victory Under Scrutiny: May 8 Tribunal Hearing Draws Intense Attention as Petitions Come to a Head

• The Presidential Election Petitions Court has fixed Monday, May 8 for the hearing of the petitions challenging Bola Tinubu’s victory.

• The legal battle between candidates disputing the outcome of the 2023 presidential poll will commence on May 8.

• The APC legal team is ready to defend the party’s mandate in the court.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Presidential Election Petitions Court has fixed Monday for the hearing of the petitions challenging the declaration of the All Progressives Congress standard bearer, Bola Tinubu as the president-elect.

With this development, the expected legal battle by candidates disputing the outcome of the 2023 presidential poll will commence from May 8.

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The National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmad El-Marzuq, confirmed the date on Tuesday.

He said the APC legal team had been briefed and was ready to defend the party’s mandate.

“We have been briefed about the hearing coming up next week. But who told you the election petitions at the tribunal must necessarily be concluded before May 29?

“Are you saying if they were not concluded before President Buhari leaves office, the government should be left in a vacuum and the president-elect should not be sworn in? It is not a must,’’ he stated in response to a question about the time it would take for the petitions to be decided.

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Also, a top official of the election petitions tribunal affirmed that the hearing proceedings would start on Monday.

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