The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday consolidated the three surviving petitions before it challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president-elect.
The five-member panel, led byJustice Haruna Tsammani, consolidated the petitions after directing parties on Saturday to look at the provisions of paragraph 50 of the first Schedule of the Electoral Act regarding the issue of consolidation.
Tsammani also adjourned until May 30 for full hearing.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of Feb 25th presidential poll having ganererd 8,794,726 votes against the candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubarkar and Peter Obi of Labour Party.
Dissatisfied with the outcome, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, are challenging Tinubu’s victory.
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) is also challenging Tinubu’s victory.
Tinubu and the APC had opposed the issue of a merger but the other petitioners maintained a neutral stance.
Tribunal has 180 days to determine the petitions which is expected to expire on September 16, 2023.