THE election tribunal in Kebbi said it has received eight petitions on the National Assembly polls held in the state on February 25.
This was disclosed by the tribunal secretary Abdul-Rahman Muhammad while speaking to journalists on Friday in Birnin-Kebbi.
He said two of the petitions were based on the Senate elections while six were on the House of Representatives polls.
Some of the petitioners include the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Kebbi Central Senatorial District Abubakar Atiku-Bagudu who filed a petition challenging the victory of Muhammad Adamu-Aliero of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the polls.
The APC candidate for Kebbi South Bala Na’Allah also filed a petition against the PDP’s victory in the district.
“Muhammad Bala-Usman of PDP with suit marked number EPT) KB/ HR/02/ 2023 is challenging the election outcome of Yauri/Shanga/Ngaski federal constituency.
“Muhammad Umar-Jega with suit marked number EPT/ KB/ HR/ 03/ 2023 is challenging election outcome of Gwandu/Jega/Aliero federal constituency,” he said.
Muhammad said the tribunal would pick a date for the hearing following the completion of court processes between both parties.
Following the conclusion of the 2023 general elections, tribunals across the country have received petitions from aggrieved candidates.
The Anambra State election tribunal also received at least 31 petitions from various political parties on Friday.
Ijeoma Opara is a journalist with The ICIR. Reach her via [email protected] or @ije_le on Twitter.