Tribunal Hears Atiku’ Objection of Bulkachuwa on Wednesday
Tribunal Hears Atiku’s Objection to Bulkachuwa on Wednesday May 16, 2019 5:28 Alex Enumah in Abuja The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) Wednesday, fixed Wednesday for hearing in an application by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seeking the withdrawal of tribunal Chairman, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, from the panel. Atiku and his party, the PDP are seeking withdrawal of Justice Bulkachuwa from the panel that would hear their petition against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari on grounds of likelihood of bias against them. At the resumed hearing, lead counsel to Atiku and PDP, Dr. Levi Uzoukwu SAN, applied for 10 minutes private audience with the five member panel and lead counsel in the matter for an undisclosed reason. However, at the end of the meeting held in the judge’s chamber, Justice Bulkachuwa, announced in the op