The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has just struck out the petition filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Justice Haruna Tsammani, Chairman of the panel struck out the petition while reading the judgement in the petition filed by the APM.
The case of the APM is solely on the non-qualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima to contest the election.
The tribunal ruled that the double nomination issue is a pre-election matter and the PEPC has no jurisdiction over it.
According to Haruna Tsammani, the APM lacks the locus standi to challenge the nomination of the candidates of another political party.
Tsammani stressed the issue of qualification or non-qualification is a pre-election matter that ought to have been ventilated at the Federal High Court 14 days after the conduct of a primary election.
According to the tribunal, the petition of the APM against Vice-President Kashim Shettima is “devoid of any merit”.
“Disqualification of a candidate on the basis of double nomination is a pre-election matter.
“Allied Peoples Movement’s (APM) petition is an abuse of the court process, having ventilated the same issues before a Federal High Court.
“Their action is mala fide. Nothing in the constitution bars a candidate from nominating a running mate if the original running mate withdraws.
“You don’t need primaries to pick a running mate. The petition of APM is therefore without any merit,” the PEPT ruled.
TNG reports the petition of APM was subsequently struck out.
