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On the first prayer, the court held that Dr Levy Uzuokwu SAN who signed the list of documents to be tendered in support of the petition as well as the list of petitioners’ witnesses was a legal practitioner whose name is on the role of lawyers in the supreme court. The prayer was accordingly rejected.INEC submission is that the list of documents and witnesses having not signed by a non legal practitioner renders the petition incompetent.

The five member panel headed by Justice Mohammed Garba had Tuesday announced that it would deliver its verdict in the petition filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Atiku Abubakar against the election of President Buhari. In the petition filed on March 18 they are asking the tribunal to annul the victory of Buhari on grounds that the election was rigged in his favour.

Security was beefed up on Wednesday within the vicinity of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal delivers judgment in the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging president Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the Feb. 23 general election.

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