ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian tribunal rejected the first of two legal challenges to President Umaru Yar'Adua's 2007 election on Tuesday as it began a ruling that could maintain the status quo or bring political limbo.
The tribunal in Africa's most populous nation ruled that opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari, Yar'Adua's main opponent, had failed to prove that violations of the electoral law were substantial enough to invalidate the overall result.
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