According to the petitioner, as of the time Mr Tinubu announced Mr Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate, he was no longer in a...
has told the Presidential Election Petition Court that it will need only one day to open and close its case challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the 25 presidential polls.
APM argues that Mr Tinubu was not properly sponsored for the election by his party, the All Progressives Congress , by nominating Mr Shettima as his vice-presidential candidate without withdrawing his candidature as a senatorial candidate. Giving an update on the matter on Monday, APM’s lawyer, Mr Idiagbonya, said his client had reviewed the Supreme Court judgment of the Supreme Court and was of the opinion that his client could still proceed with the petition.
The party argued that there was a three-week gap between the period that Mr Masari, who joined as the 5th respondent in the petition, expressed his intention to withdraw before withdrawing his nomination and when Mr Tinubu replaced him with Mr Shettima. This, according to the APM, implied that Mr Tinubu had ceased to be a presidential candidate of the APC based on the provisions of Section 142 of the 1999 Constitution.
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