The presidential election tribunal, will on Wednesday, deliver judgment on the petitions challenging the election of Bola Tinubu as President.
The registrar of the court of appeal, Umar Bangari, announced this in a statement on Monday.
Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes during the February 2023 presidential election to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 6,984,520, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who polled 6,101,533 votes.
However, five political parties including the PDP, LP, Action Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and the Action Alliance (AA) lodged separate petitions before the tribunal seeking to annul Tinubu’s victory.
The APP and AA later withdrew their petitions.
The petitioners alleged that Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the vice-president, were not eligible to contest the presidential poll.
They also maintained that the Tinubu was indicted for drug trafficking in the United States, that his academic certificates submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were forged, and that he is a citizen of Guinea.
The petitioners further maintained that since Tinubu should not have been declared winner of the election, having failed to secure 25 percent of votes cast in the federal capital territory (FCT) in the February 25 election.
Bangari, said in the live broadcast will be allowed during the delivery of judgement for transparency
The statement reads: “The court of appeal wishes to inform the general public that judgment in the following petitions before the Presidential Election Petition Court will be delivered on Wednesday, 6th September, 2023:
CAREPC/03/2023 between Mr. Peter Gregory Obi & Anor VS. Independent National Electoral Commission & 3 Ors.
“CA/PEPC/04/2023 between Allied Peoples Movement VS. Independent National Electoral Commission & 4 Ors.
“CA/PEPC/05/2023 between Abubakar Atiku & Anor VS. Independent National Electoral Commission & 2 Ors.
“In a bid to promote transparency and openness, these judgments will be televised live by interested Television Stations for the public to follow.
“Access to the Court premises will be strictly on accreditation.
“Only accredited individuals, including counsel and representatives of political parties, will be granted access into the Courtroom.
“Interested members of the public are advised to watch proceedings from their television sets.”
