The Enugu State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Enugu has upheld the election of Mr. Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 18th March 2023 poll. The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Mr. Chijioke Edeogu had approached the tribunal to challenge the declaration on the grounds that Mbah wasn’t qualified to stand for the election due to …

The Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the 18 March governorship poll. Reading of the judgment was transmitted virtually via Zoom, a teleconference service as the panel members were not physically in court. The ruling came weeks after lawyers …

The presidential election petition court has reserved judgement in the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Atiku is challenging the outcome of the 25th February election and praying the court to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Among several issues raised in the joint petition, Atiku and the PDP are alleging that President …

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday struck out the vote buying allegation, levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Hon. Ladi Adebutu. Adebutu had dragged Governor Abiodun and the APC to the tribunal challenging their declaration as the winner of …

The governorship election petition tribunal in Oyo State has dismissed the petition of the Action Alliance (AA) and its gubernatorial candidate, Babatunde Samson Ajala against Governor Seyi Makinde. The three-man tribunal, led by Justice Ejiro Emudainohwu, delivered the judgement on Friday. Other members of the tribunal who sat in Ibadan, the state capital, are Justices Baraka Wali and I. S. …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola will on Thursday in Abuja inaugurate the newly appointed 39 members of the Election Petition Tribunal, at the main hall of the Supreme Court of Nigeria Complex. A statement by the Director of Information and Press of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande indicated that the CJN would perform the ceremony …

As the Presidential Election Petition Court started hearing today, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have filed an application for an order to allow live coverage of day-to-day proceedings on the case they brought against the President-elect, Asiwaju BolaAhmed  Tinubu. In the motion through his team of lawyers led by Chris Uche, Atiku, who came …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss all the petitions challenging the declaration of of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 25th February presidential  election. On 1st March, INEC had announced that Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election. The commission …

The Lagos State Governorship, National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has received a total of 48 petitions in respect of the 2023 elections held on 25th February and 18th March. Channels Television visited the secretariat of the tribunal at Court 6, which is the Rosaline Omotoso courthouse sitting in the Ikeja area. A breakdown of the petitions shows …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been ordered by the Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to permit the Labour Party and Kennedy Pela, the party’s candidate for the state’s 18th March election to examine the election materials used in the just-concluded polls. The party and its candidate had approached the tribunal in petition No: EPT/DL/GOV/02M/2023, seeking an order …