delayed tribunal hearing, Atiku, PDP write Bulkachuwa

Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate legal team, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seem to be disturbed over continued delay in replacing the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

He is disturbed that, for the past one week, replacement is yet to be provided after her withdrawal, the petitioners who disclose this on Saturday said that PDP had send a written letter to the President of the Court of Appeal expressing their worried over the delay.

Omokoshaban.com learn that Justice Bulkachuwa were granted with the exclusive power to appoint a judge of the court to serve on the tribunal’s panel.

the petitioners’ lead counsel, Dr Liy Uzoukwu (SAN), ascertained that his team had written to Justice Bulkachuwa to remind her of her pledge to appoint her replacement.

According Ozoukwu who speaks, said the letter was “delivered at the President of the Court of Appeal’s office on Friday morning”.

He said, “I am not aware of any new development. We have not been served with any hearing notice. But we have written to the President of the Court of Appeal to remind her of her promise to bring in a replacement, having recused herself. It is yet to be fulfilled. That is where we are.

“We are waiting to see what will happen, having done that.”

Asked if they were worried about the delay in the appointment of Justice Bulkachuwa’s replacement, Uzoukwu said, “Of course, we are bound to be.”

We leran that as at yesterday, Atiku and his party would have lost 76 out of the 180 days within which their petition is required to be heard and determined by the tribunal.

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