By Brave Dickson
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is set to transmit its judgments live.
Our correspondent who visited the tribunal premises on Tuesday said broadcast media were seen mounting their transmission equipment ahead of the September 6 judgments.
Live transmission of the tribunal proceedings was one of the motions brought by the petitioners but was struck out by the court.
Information reaching our news desk has it that security has been beefed up as only those with security clearance will be allowed to enter the tribunal premises.
The judgments will be delivered between Peter Obi of the Labour Party vs. Bola Tinubu of the APC as well as between Atiku Abubakar of the PDP vs. Bola Tinubu of the APC.
You recall that on August 1, 2023, all the parties in the petitions submitted their final written addresses, praying the tribunal to deliver judgments in line with their reliefs.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP are the major presidential candidates who petitioned the tribunal, seeking the cancellation of the last presidential election that saw the emergence of Bola Tinubu as president.
The respondents in the matter are INEC, Tinubu, and the APC who all prayed the court to uphold the presidential election and dismiss the petitions of Obi and Atiku.
While Obi is praying the court to cancel the presidential election because Tinubu did not score 25 percent votes in the FCT; Atiku is asking the tribunal to either declare him the winner of the election or order for a rerun poll.
But Tinubu’s lawyer, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) had used section 134 subsection 2 of the 1999 constitution as amended to argue that the FCT is counted as a state during an election, adding that not scoring 25 percent votes in the FCT can not prevent a candidate from winning a presidential election.
Having received all submissions brought by parties involved in the presidential election cases, the ball is now in the court of the tribunal to decide the outcome of the matters.
