The scheduled inaugural sitting of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has started.

The five-man panel is led by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa.

The panel members entered the courtroom at 10.05am.

Thelagostimes recalls that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar challenged the results of the election after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) re-elected.

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