President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Candidate, Atiku Abubakar against his February 23 re-election, Igbere TV reports.
Igbere TV reports that Buhari made the appeal through his Counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, in a motion adopted and argued on Tuesday before Justice Mohammed Garba-led five-man panel in Abuja.

Olanipekun submitted that the petition was fundamentally defective, adding that his client won the election âsquare and clearââ.
He explained that the allegations advanced by the petitioners were mere theoretical assumptions that could not stand the test of critical legal debate.
Igbere TV reports that the tribunal also entertained the presidentâs motion that sought to effect amendment on the identities and addresses of counsel representing him.
Another of Buhariâs application seeking to mandate the tribunal to entertain all interlocutory motions before the commencement of proper hearing of the main petition was also adopted and argued.
Similarly, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asked the tribunal to dismiss the petition brought by PDP and Atiku against a âflawlessââ election won by Buhari.
Yunus Usman, SAN, Counsel for INEC said that the electoral commission would standby the declaration of the second respondent (Buhari) as winner of the Feb. 23 presidential election.
Usman said the petition challenging the outcome of the exercise was âmisguidedââ, adding that the allegations of fraud made against the electoral body was âmischievousââ.
Igbere TV reports that INECâs application is challenging the jurisdiction and competence of the tribunal to entertain the petition.
Usman further urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition as the petitioners failed to include the vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as a co-winner in the election.
âThe failure of the PDP and Atiku to include Osinbajoâs name as party should not be overlooked because whatever affects the president affects his running mate,ââ Usman said.
Igbere TV also reports that three other interlocutory motions filed by the All Progressive Congress were argued and dispensed with.
Chief Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, Counsel for the APC had urged the tribunal to strike out 18 paragraphs of the petition with frivolous assumptions among other prayers.
He submitted that the competence of the petition was questionable, adding that it would soon become a mere âlame duckââ.
Meanwhile, Dr Levi Uzoukwu, SAN, Counsel for the petitioners prayed the tribunal to discountenance all the arguments canvassed by the respondents, describing INECâs position in the matter as âunusualâ.
The presiding judge, therefore, fixed June 13 for the petitionersâ motions to be heard.
