The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja will begin the hearing of the petition brought forward by the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar filed against the outcome of the February 23rd election. This petition seeks to invalidate the result of the election. 
A five-man panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal will conduct pre-hearing session on the petition Atiku and his party lodged before the tribunal on March 18. The head of the panel has however not been revealed, although it is between Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa or Justice Abdul Aboki who earlier made preliminary orders that compelled the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to grant all the parties access to electoral materials that were used in the conduct of the election.
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