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Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has fixed Wednesday, September 6, to deliver judgement on two separate petitions filed by the Presidential Candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Mr Peter Obi.  The duo are challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of February 25, 2023, presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  News Rider reports that Tinubu polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to emerge winner of the most controversial election. He was closely followed by Atiku, who scored 6,984,520 and Obi with 6,101,533 votes to place second and third positions respectively.  Confirming the development via a statement on Monday in Abuja, the Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Mr Umar Bangari hinted that the proceedings would be aired live by interested media houses at no cost.  He hinted that the court premises would be surrounded...

        Dr Abiye Sekibo’s vehicle riddled with bullets The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, escaped assassination on Thursday.  BOblog learnt that gunmen dressed in police uniform opened fire on Sekibo’s Land Cruiser bulletproof jeep at Rainbow Town in Port Harcourt. The incident happened at about 11:30pm to 12:00 midnight on Thursday when Sekibo went to inspect the venue of a proposed presidential rally of his party. He confirmed the attack while addressing journalists at his residence on Friday, adding that policemen attached to the Government House, Port Harcourt were behind the attack as directed by the state governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike. Sekibo, who is also a former Minister of Transport, noted that his car was riddled with bullets and the venue of the proposed rally set on fire while policemen watched the inferno.  He said: “As we approached the s...