Atiku

9 months ago26711 min

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has described N15.6 trillion for the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as “wasteful and a highway to fraud.” The former Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, insisted that the award of the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project did not meet the minimum threshold of due process. SaharaReporters had reported Umahi, while featuring on Channels Television’s Morning programme on Thursday, said that the Lagos-Calabar...

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Tinubu, APC, INEC oppose admission of Atiku’s documents in evidence

2 years ago5015 min

President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) objected on Wednesday to the admission of some documents sought to be tendered in evidence by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. At the resumed hearing of Atiku and the PDP’s petition challenging President Tinubu’s election at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, counsel to the petitioners, Mr Chris Uche, SAN, said the team had...

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Breaking: Tribunal Dismisses Atiku, Peter Obi’s Suit for Live Broadcast of Proceedings

2 years ago832 min

The suit filed by lawyers representing Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi seeking a live broadcast of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal proceedings has been dismissed by the tribunal. According to reports, the justices issued their decision, stating that the request for televised proceedings is irrelevant to the petition and is not supported by existing legislation. According to the ruling’s author, Justice Haruna Tsammani, “Televising court cases is not provided for by the constitution, and the...

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PEPT: Atiku, PDP make their case for live broadcasting of the proceedings

2 years ago747 min

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential election held on February 25, has petitioned the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) for an order allowing live broadcast of the day-to-day proceedings of the Court regarding his petition. This request was made to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). In their application that was submitted to the Tribunal on May 5th, Atiku and the PDP specifically prayed for “An order...

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EFCC, ICPC ask court to dismiss Keyamo’s lawsuit seeking Atiku’s investigation

2 years ago754 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, seeking an investigation and prosecution of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) also requested that Keyamo’s case be dismissed by Justice James Omotosho. In the suit filed on January 20, the minister, who was also a spokesman...

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Joe Igbokwe: If Osibanjo got party ticket, APC would have lost to Atiku

2 years ago592 min

Joe Igbokwe, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Drainages, has refuted former Kano Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s claim that Nigeria is worse off without someone like Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as president. Remember that Osinbajo ran for President of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against President-elect Bola Tinubu, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, and others in May 2022. Sanusi, who spoke at the virtual launch of a book titled “Osinbajo Strides: Defining...

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Atiku Tells Buhari, Others to Stop Marketing Electoral Heist

2 years ago645 min

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to focus on redeeming his “disastrous years of misgovernance” rather than becoming the chief marketing officer of the recent “electoral heist.” Atiku also warned the president and members of his administration not to bully the Presidential Electoral Petition Tribunal, which is set to begin hearing petitions regarding the outcome of the last general election. Recall that Buhari and Lai...

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Presidency: PDP, LP, APC Engage in Fresh Word Battle

2 years ago4788 min

Following the recently concluded 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, both claim victory. They are not alone in the controversy, as the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is issuing media statements with counterclaims about the poll results.T Given that the cases are being litigated, the developments are viewed as concerning. President-elect Bola Tinubu will be sworn in as Nigeria’s new leader...