MAY 29: PDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ATIKU ABUBAKAR , ARRIVING AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION COURT THIS MORNING

Atiku, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, is challenging the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu.

The pre-hearing session of his petition against the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate was fixed for Thursday.

Atiku was accompanied by Liyel Imoke, former Cross River governor; Boni Haruna, former Adamawa governor; Babangida Aliyu, former Niger governor; and Uche Secondus, former national chairman of the PDP.

Iliya Umar Damagum, PDP acting national chairman, and Dino Melaye, PDP governorship candidate in Kogi, are also part of his entourage.