Peter Obi arrives tribunal for inaugural sitting

Peter Obi

Vice-Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in February election, Peter Obi, has arrived at the venue of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja for its inaugural sitting.

The tribunal sits at the Court of Appeal, Abuja.

Mr Obi and his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had both petitioned the tribunal over the outcome of the election which saw the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress (APC).

Obi arrived the venue at about 9:24 am on Wednesday.

Sitting of the tribunal had been scheduled to commence at 9am.

The five-man panel to be led by President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, had not arrived as at 9:36am.