The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, will on Wednesday, deliver judgment on petitions seeking to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election.
The two petitions were brought before the court by a former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as well as the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, respectively.
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the court had on August 1, okayed the cases for judgment, after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument.
While adopting their final written address, Atiku and the PDP, through their team of lawyers led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN, urged the court to declare that President Tinubu was not qualified to contest the presidential poll that was held on February 25.
They prayed the presidential election tribunal to nullify the entire outcome of the presidential election and order a re-run or fresh contest.
Meanwhile, the Presidential Election Petition Court, sitting in Abuja, has granted permission for a live telecast of its judgement on the three petitions that are seeking to remove President Bola Tinubu from office.
The court in a statement signed by its Chief Registrar, Mr. Umar Bangari, said the decision was to ensure transparency and openness in its proceedings.
The court, however, warned that only accredited individuals would be granted access into the courtroom on Wednesday which it has slated for the judgements.
The three petitions marked: CA/PEPC/03/2023, CA/PEPC/05/2023 and CA/PEPC/04/2023, were lodged before the court by the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, a former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as well as the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, respectively.
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the court had on August 1, 2023, okayed the cases for judgement, after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument.
-VANGUARD
