Supreme Court Dismisses ’25 per cent of FCT’ Argument Against Atiku, Obi
The Supreme Court has declared that election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot be annulled because of his failure to secure 25 per cent of the votes in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The Court gave the ruling while delivering its judgment in the appeal filed by former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP against the ruling of lower court affirming the victory of President Bola Tinubu, in the February 25, presidential election. Details later
Anxiety as S’Court Sits on Atiku, Obi, APM’s Appeals Today
Final legal fireworks kick-start today at the Supreme Court in the multiple appeals filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP). Mr. Peter Obi and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election victory. The appellants in their separate appeals are praying the apex court to set aside the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which affirmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the valid winner of the presidential election that held on February 25. While Atiku
Some Key Issues Raised By Atiku, Obi, Ojei As Tribunal Decides
As Nigerians wait with bated breath for the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court, which is presently considering the materials involved in the February 25 presidential election, there are high expectations across the nation. According to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayoode Ariwoola, the judiciary has no plans to favour any of the petitioners and the respondents in the petitions before the court. The CJN, in a statement on July 19 in response to allegations against the judiciary ahead of the now reserved judgement in the presidential elections, assured that the judiciary will abide by the law and
Accept defeat, congratulate Tinubu, APC urges Atiku, Obi
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has urged the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to accept defeat and congratulate Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu. The APC PCC Media Adviser, Dele Alake, said this while condemning the LP and PDP for calling for the cancellation of the presidential election. The PUNCH reported that PDP and LP, on Tuesday, held a media briefing against the conduct of Saturday’s presidential election. The parties also called on the Independent National Electoral to cancel the election. Alake said, “This election has already been won by
Why I Invited Buhari, Obi, Others To Open Rivers Projects – Wike
Abuses some politicians of forming association of ex- governors around a presidential candidate Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has explained he invited leaders of the opposition parties to inaugurate his projects because it is within his right to choose whoever he pleases to undertake such assignments. Wike asked those, who felt slighted for ignoring them, to also execute projects in their various States and invite him to inaugurate them. The Governor, who spoke on Monday when he led the Emir of Kano, HRH Ado Bayero, to inaugurate the world-class Peter Odili Cancer Diagnostic and Cardiovascular Centre in Port Harcourt, confirmed that
