Election: Tribunal to rule on PDP application by 2pm

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has adjourned till 2pm to rule on the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, as a member and the head of the panel.

The PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar had on Friday filed a motion asking Justice Bulkachuwa to step aside from the panel that will hear and determine their petition, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s election.

In the motion signed by the PDP’s lead counsel, Livy Uzoukwu, alleged that Justice Bulkachuwa is disqualified because of her filial and biological relationships with two APC chieftains.

The applicants averred that Justice Bulkachuwa is the wife of Adamu Mohammed Bulkachuwa, a prominent card-carrying member of the APC and the Senator-elect for Bauchi north senatorial district on the platform of the APC