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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president and PDP candidate, said on Tuesday he wasn't concerned that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu would be sworn in as president on May 29 before petitions to overturn his election results are resolved. Atiku expressed optimism that he would successfully defend his election in court despite the fact that he is now contesting Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the legitimate victor of the presidential election that took place on February 25. Speaking through his lead attorney, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, not long after the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, in Abuja, consolidated his petition with those filed by candidates for the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, and the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Atiku, Tinubu insisted that the court has the authority to remove him from office even after the oath of office. The PDP candidate, through his legal team, stated: "I have been asked about May 29, I want to assure people that swearing in i

The trial of Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti has been postponed to Wednesday in the Chief Magistrates Court in Yaba, Lagos State, presided over by Adeola Olatubosun. After the magistrate excused herself from court, SaharaReporters was informed that the meeting could not proceed. “Seun has been taken back to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti,” a source at the court said. “The court sitting has been adjourned till tomorrow; the magistrate is not around.” SaharaReporters on Monday reported that the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State command, was plotting to ensure that Kuti was taken to the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, to certify that he is “mentally sick.” Prior to the leadership convincing the magistrate to change her decision and comply with their wishes, SaharaReporters had claimed that Seun Kuti had refused to provide blood samples to the police for medical testing. The Afrobeat musician is being taken by the police to the Neurops