The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has resumed sitting with Justice Mohammed Garba as the chairman of the panel.
Justice Garba, who is the head of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, replaced the president of the court, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, who doubled as the chairman of the five-member panel.
Justice Bulkachuwa on May 22 decided to recuse herself from the tribunal following an application by the Peoples Democratic Party accusing her of the likelihood of bias over her husband’s election as senator-elect in Bauchi State on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Justice Garba is the third most senior Justice if the Court of Appeal after a female judge, Justice Monica Dongba Menssem, with Justice Morenike Ogunwumiju as the sixth most senior.
Other members of the panel are Justice Abdu Aboki, Justice Joseph Ikyegh, Justice Samuel Oseji and Justice Peter Ige.
Other members of the panel remained unchanged. They are Justice Abdu Aboki, Justice Joseph Ikyegh, Justice Samuel Oseji and Justice Peter Ige.
The tribunal will today continue hearing in some applications challenging the petition by PDP and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in the February 23 presidential election.
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