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Presidential Election Petition: �Why Tribunal judgement may not be delivered today� – Bulama Bukarti

September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 Aminu Imam

Prominent Nigerian lawyer, Bulama Bukarti, has revealed why the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) may not deliver its judgement today, Wednesday, September 6. Bukarti said it is possible for the ongoing Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike to prevent the tribunal from delivering its judgment. In a post shared via his X (Twitter) page: @bulamabukarti, he noted that the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, (JUSUN), has issued orders to close all courts on Tuesday, September 5 and Wednesday, September 6. He further stated that closing the tribunal premises and judges’ offices will…

Presidential election petition tribunal judgment to be broadcast live �for transparency� – Appeal Court

September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, (PEPT) sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja has fixed Wednesday, September 6, 2023 to deliver judgement in petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the February 25 presidential election. In a statement, Chief Registrar, Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, said that the judgement will be televised live for the sake of transparency and that any television station interested will be allowed to broadcast the event live. In a statement issued on Monday, Bangari said, �In a bid to promote transparency and…

Kano: Tribunal reserves judgment in Governorship petition

August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Kano State election petition tribunal yesterday reserved judgment in a petition challenging the elected Governor Abba Yusuf�s victory in the State�s governorship election on March 18. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Yusuf Gawuna, are contesting the election results due to alleged fraud by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the voting process. The petition named the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kabir-Yusuf, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as respondents. The three-member panel, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebe, stated that the date for the judgment would…

Kaduna Tribunal: Gov. Sani seeks extension of time

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 Aminu Imam

. . . As INEC closes case without witness At the resumed hearing of a petition by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has closed its case against the petitioners, Hon. Isa Ashiru and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) without presenting any witness. Though, through its counsel, Abdullahi M. Aliyu (SAN) yesterday, INEC presented before the tribunal documents titled: �Manual for election officials 2023, Regulations guidelines for conducts of elections 2022, and receipt payment for certification�. The said documents were all admitted by the tribunal as exhibits, as the Commission…

Presidential Election Tribunal: APC lawyers agree any rerun poll should be between Atiku, Tinubu

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Insists Peter Obi has no right to it The lawyers to President Tinubu and the All-Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed that only Abubakar Atiku and President Tinubu have the right to go into rerun if the court so decides to order for a rerun at the Presidential Tribunal, thereby knocking-off Peter Obi of any right to participate in such. The APC lawyers, who made this statement in their final written address, however pointed out that a decision for rerun is a very unlikely situation from the tribunal. The APC lawyers…

Kaduna tribunal: INEC yet to produce certified result, says PDP candidate, Ashiru

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal was yesterday informed that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), is yet to produce the certified copies of the March 18th governorship result sheets in which Uba Sani was declared the winner. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Oluwale Iyamu, one of the lead counsels to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)�s Governorship candidate, Mohammed Isa Ashiru, stated at the tribunal sitting in Kaduna. Iyamu argued that it would be untidy and improper to tender them (result sheets evidence) in a piecemeal format, noting…

�We�ll look into your petitions passionately, objectively�, Tribunal tells Atiku, Obi

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), yesterday, in Abuja, said it would passionately and objectively look into the petitions filed against the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), as the winner of the February 25 Presidential election. Chairman of the court, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, gave the assurance at the inaugural sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. He said that the court would do justice to all the parties when it comes up in the judgments on the petitions. He, however, appealed to…

2023: Presidential Election Tribunal begins sitting

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Grants Atiku, Obi�s requests to inspect poll materials Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, has granted the request of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, to inspect the election materials used during last Saturday�s presidential poll. Atiku and Obi had approached the Tribunal seeking permission for the inspection of election materials used during last Saturday�s poll. Shortly after the results of the election were announced, Atiku and Obi refused to concede defeat in the…

Tribunal Judgement: Governor Adeleke rejects verdict; heads to Appeal Court

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 Aminu Imam

Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has described the judgement of the governorship election petitions tribunal which sacked him as �a miscarriage of justice�. Recall that the Tribunal hearing the All Progressives Congress (APC)�s Adegboyega Oyetola�s petition against the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)�s Ademola Adeleke yesterday annulled the result of the July 16 Osun governorship poll. Justice Tetsea Kume, while delivering a majority decision, declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), did not comply substantially with the constitution and the provisions of the Electoral Act. Reacting to…

FCT: Election tribunal orders re-run election in six wards of Kuje Area Council

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to conduct a re-run chairmanship election in six wards of Kuje Area Council. Delivering judgment, the Chief Magistrate, Muinat Oyekan, who led a three-member panel, nullified the elections held in nine polling units where elections were marred by irregularities. The judge ordered that the re-run should be conducted across the affected polling units won by the incumbent Kuje Area Council Chairman, Abdullahi Sabo, of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). The All…