An official of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Kabir Akanbi, has social media reports of the resignation of a member of the court’s five-member panel, Boloukuoromo Ugo, saying they are untrue.
Reports of Mr Ugo’s resignation from the five-member court panel headed by Haruna Tsammani trended on Twitter Thursday morning.
But in a short telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday afternoon, Mr Akandi, a deputy registrar, said, “It is not true that my Lord, Honourable Justice Ugo resigned from the Presidential Election Petition Court.”
The news of Mr Ugo’s resignation came less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court denied a similar issue concerning the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, over a purported telephone call with President Bola Tinubu regarding the latter’s case before the presidential election court.
Tinubu’s victory in the 25 February presidential election is being challenged at the court by three political parties with their candidates.
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