By Reporter
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the election petition tribunal to sack the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and declare him the winner of the 2023 presidential contest.
The PDP candidate insisted that, Tinubu was not qualified to be part of the contest.
Atiku also asked the tribunal to withdraw the certificate of return given to Tinubu and issue the same to him
The petition marked CA/PEPC/05/2023 was filed before the presidential election petition tribunal by Atiku’s legal team yesterday, March 21, 2023.
Like Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Atiku submitted that, Tinubu was not qualified to contest the 2023 presidential election.
In the petition, Atiku argued that Tinubu amongst other prayers, was not qualified to contest the election.
The former Vice President asked the tribunal to nullify Tinubu’s victory and withdraw the certificate of return issued to him.
Meanwhile, Tinubu is believed to have been secretly ferried out of Nigeria for undisclosed medical trip abroad.
The private jet that took the president-elect jetted out today, Wednesday March 22, 2023. Although no official statement has been issued on Tinubu sudden trip, a close aide said Tinubu was flown to Europe for medical treatment.