Atiku Vs Buhari : We’ll be fair, fearless, tribunal assures Nigerians vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
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.In a speech she delivered at the inaugural sitting of the tribunal, the Court of Appeal President, assured that all the petitioners would be accorded equal opportunity to present their case, saying they should however do so in “a mature manner”.
Besides, she sought the cooperation of all the parties in the four separate petitions before the tribunal, even as she urged all the lawyers to conduct themselves with decorum and high sense of responsibility so as to help the court to do justice. “We therefore require the maximum cooperation of all the stakeholders, especially from the leaders of the Bar. We expect the proceeding to be conducted with decorum, a high sense of responsibility, dedication, and patriotism in our quest to arrive at just decisions in all the petitions before us.
“These proceedings should be treated as would any other low-profile case, where proceedings in Court are not discussed publicly until a decision is pronounced by the Court. “So far, we have empaneled 78 panels to cover the Election Tribunals in all states of the Federation, excluding Jigawa State where no election petition had been filed.
Meantime, shortly after the inaugural session, all the Petitioners and the Respondents, took turns to identify all the processes they filed before the Tribunal. Similarly, all the Respondents, told the Tribunal that they separately filed preliminary objections for the second petition marked CA/PEPC/002/2019, which was filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to be dismissed.
“On May 5 we filed another motion to strike out the entire petition”, INEC which was represented by four Senior Advocates of Nigeria, added. Nevertheless, Atiku who was represented by a consortium of 12 SANs led by Dr. Livy Uzuokwu, told the panel that he had responded to issues the Respondents raised against the petition he lodged on March 18.
Remarkably, unlike in all the other petitions where only Buhari, the APC and INEC were cited as Respondents, the C4C, which garnered a total of 2,391 votes at the presidential poll, cited the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as the 2nd Respondent in its case.
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