Election Petition: Tribunal reveals date for hearing Atiku's live telecast request

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) will on Thursday hear the application by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku

Abubakar, for a live telecast of the court’s proceedings.
The request will be heard alongside other applications by the respondents, including those seeking the dismissal of the joint petition by Atiku and the PDP.

Those seeking the dismissal of the entire petition or some aspects of them are President-elect Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The decision by the court followed information by lawyer to the petitioners, Chris Uche (SAN) that parties to the matter had agreed to streamline their positions in relation to documents and other exhibits to be tendered.

Lawyers to the respondents – Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN) for INEC; Woke Olanipekun (SAN) for Tinubu, and Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan (SAN) for the APC, confirmed Uche’s information.

Uche said he had filed issues for determination on behalf of the petitioners while Mahmoud, Olanipekun and Uwensuyi-Edosomwan said they have also done the same as directed by the court.

Mahmoud will file his response to the application by Atiku for a live broadcast of the court’s proceedings today. Olanipekun and Uwensuyi-Edosomwan will do same on Monday.

The respondents’ lawyers also informed the court that they filed applications seeking the dismissal of the application or striking out of portions of it.

The court’s sitting yesterday was witnessed by Atiku, former Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, Dino Melaye, and former Governor Boni Haruna of Adamawa State.

The court also adjourned further pre-hearing session in the petition by Allied Peoples Movement (APM) till next Thursday

Petitioner’s lawyer, O. O. Aweda, said parties to the petition agreed to meet and sort out documents to be admitted without objection and those to be objected to.