Judgement will the delivered on Wednesday by the Presidential Election Petition Court in the petition against the 18th February election in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner. The Court of Appeal Registrar Umar Bangari, who confirmed the date  to Channels Television on Monday, said …

The five-member panel of the presidential election tribunal has reserved judgement on the petition by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressive Congress. Obi, who came third in the election, is challenging Tinubu’s victory. After adopting the parties’ final written addresses, the tribunal reserved judgement to a date to be communicated …

The Presidential Petition Election Court (PEPC) has adjourned to Tuesday, 4th July the hearing of the defence filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court on 23rd June fixed Monday, 3rd July for respondents to open their case in defence of the petition filed by aggrieved parties challenging the outcome of the 25th February election wherein the presidential …

Former presidential media aide and social commentator, Reno Omokri has described the legal team of Peter Obi of the Labour Party at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal an embarrassment. A staunch supporter of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Omokri said in his official Twitter handle on Saturday that he is disappointed at the nature …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday accused the legal team of the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi of constantly blaming the commission for withholding documents from them and urged them to desist from the “habit”. Displeased with the statement that implied that his client was uncooperative, counsel for INEC,  SAN who conducted Wednesday’s proceedings …

President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) vehemently kicked against the bid by the former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku to engage ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to give evidence today in his petition challenging the declaration of Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. In a bid to establish the alleged electoral …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, along with the party, on Tuesday in Abuja, opened their case at the Presidential Election Petition Court by tendering documents to support their petition. One of the documents tendered by counsel to the petitioners, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede was the Form EC 8E, which is …

There have been calls for the life broadcast of the on-going Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. There is the logic that this will strengthen democracy and improve public access to information. It will also bring justice to the doorstep of Nigerians. Law and Justice should not be a privilege but a right to people on the street. Access to legal procedures …

The Presidential Election Petition Court has been asked to dismiss in its entirety, a petition filed by the Allied People’s Movement (APM) challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of the 25th February 2023 presidential election. Tinubu, who was declared winner of the poll and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) …

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday heard the application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to allow for the live televising of the ongoing election petition proceedings. Parties to the petition adopted their processes and agreed that documents certified by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) will be tendered without objections. The …