Presidential Election Tribunal: We’ll determine petitions, without fear or favour, tribunal assures Nigerians vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, said it would hear and determine petitions challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, without fear or favour.The five-man tribunal which is headed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, said it would only subscribe to the dictates of the constitution, the electoral law and international best practices.
“As we gather in this honourable courtroom today, I wish to use this opportunity to reassure Nigerians and friends of Nigeria, that the Court of Appeal will work in accordance and within the dictates of the Constitution, the law and international best practices, to dispense justice to all, without fear or favour, affection or ill will”, Justice Bulkachuwa stated.
“The judiciary being the arbiter, there are litigants, Counsel, members of the Press, and the public who are all stakeholders as the major participants. “We pray that this time would be an exception for the benefit of the nation. We don’t expect counsel to any of the parties to hype the polity after any sitting by making a public analysis in the media as to what transpired in Court.
The PCA disclosed that Imo State has the highest number of election petition cases, with six different panels constituted to hear a total of 76 petitions that emanated from the state. Other members of the panel that will hear and determine the four petitions challenging the outcome of the 2019 presidential election, are Justices Abdul Aboki, Samuel Oseji, Joseph Ikyegh and Peter Olabisi Ige.Among dignitaries that attended the proceeding included the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP, Dr Peter Obi, as well as former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu.
Owuru who secured a total of 1,663 in the presidential election, through his lawyer, Mr Oliver Eya, pleaded to be permitted to affect the amendments. INEC, told the panel that it had on April 23, filed a motion for Atiku’s case to be dismissed “for want of compliance with Paragraph 18 of the Third Schedule to the Electoral Act, 2010, as amended”.
“Also incorporated in our reply to the petition were series of objections. In line with the rules, we pray that the objection is set-down for hearing”, Olanipekun submitted. Lack of proper service temporarily stalled proceeding in the two remaining petitions marked CA/PEPC/003/2019 and CA/PEPC/004/2019, which were filed by the Coalition For Change, C4C and its presidential candidate, Geff Chizee Ojinka, as well as by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, Pastor Aminchi Habu.The C4C and its candidate is contending that Buhari’s re-election was vitiated by substantial non-compliance with mandatory statutory provisions.
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