Again, the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on Friday adjourned the petition of the Allied People Movement (APM) challenging the victory of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to enable parties reference a Supreme Court judgment on double nomination. At resumed sitting on Friday ,counsel for the petitioner, Yakubu Maikasuwa, SAN informed the court that though the […]
Again, the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, on Friday adjourned the petition of the Allied People Movement challenging the victory of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to enable parties reference a Supreme Court judgment on double nomination.
When the matter was called May 30, Tinubu’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun , informed the court of a recent judgment by the Supreme Court, which according to him, appears to have resolved the same issue the APM has brought before the PEPEC. Responding, APM’s counsel, Shehu Abubakar, however, requested for a short time to enable the petitioners to avail themselves with the judgment so as to make informed decisions.
According to the apex court, Section 285 of the constitution does not permit a political party to interfere in the internal affairs of another political party. It is therefore the position of the Supreme Court that the PDP not being a member of the All Progressives Congress cannot challenge how the APC produced its candidates for an election.
Specifically, the PDP had sought the disqualification of President-elect, Tinubu and the Vice-President-elect, Shettima, over alleged double nomination; an act which they say violates the electoral laws. According to the apex court, “No matter how manifestly bad the process of an election, it is only a person with locus standi that can file a suit against it.”It described the PDP as a busybody and a meddlesome interloper because it did not disclose any nexus between it and the action of the APC.
APM had in its petition marked: CA/PEPC/04/2023, contended that the withdrawal of Mr. Ibrahim Masari who was initially nominated as the vice-presidential candidate of the APC invalidated Tinubu’s candidacy in view of Section 131 and 142 of the 1999 Constitution.
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