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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, is currently attending the hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
Five political parties and their candidates are challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election over non-compliance with the electoral laws as well as the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
While welcoming counsels, parties and their representatives, the chairman of the five-man panel, Justice Haruna Tsammani assured that justice will be served.
“We are determined to look at the matter dispassionately and give justice to whoever deserves justice,” he said.
He noted that the tribunal would consider the substance of each case over technicalities so that “whoever leaves here will be satisfied that justice has been done.”
Other members of the panel are Justices Stephen Adah, who is the presiding Justice of the Asaba Division of the Court of Appeal, Monsurat Bolaji Yusuf, Moses Ugo and Abba Mohammed.