Tag: Election Tribunal
-
Enugu guber: ‘We have no witness’ – INEC tells Tribunal
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on Wednesday, failed to present any witness to defend the election that produced Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State.
-
PDP accuses APC of intimidating PEPC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday raised alarm over threat by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to intimidate the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).
-
Ogun Election Tribunal: Court admits Adebutu’s 8,000 documents
The peoples Democtaric Party (PDP) candidate in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu tendered 8,000 documents at the state election petition tribunal on Thursday. Adebutu had on Tuesday tendered the documents in court to have them admitted from the bar.
-
APC, Tinubu, worried as court admits controversial EU report
The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, on Monday allowed the European Union (EU) Observation Mission’s final report to be used as evidence in the 2023 general election case. Atiku Abubakar, a candidate from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), submitted the report, claiming that the election was manipulated to favor President Bola Tinubu and the…
-
No plan to bribe election tribunal with N1bn – Ebonyi govt
The Ebonyi State Government has denied nursing any plan to bribe the election petition tribunal judges in a bid to pervert the course of justice and obtain undue favour from them. The state commissioner of Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor reacted to an allegation by the president of the Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural…
-
How two Labour Party factions clashed at the Presidential Election Petition Court
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday in Abuja refused to recognize any of the two factions claiming to be the authentic leadership of the Labour Party. Despite the presence of the presidential candidate of the party in the last general elections, Mr Peter Gregory Obi, the two factions showed up and engaged themselves in…
-
Election tribunal: “Justice rushed is justice crushed”, Keyamo warns
As Nigeria’s election tribunal is set to begin hearing opposition petitions challenging president-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory on Monday, the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has warned that calling for a speedy determination of the petitions before May 29 may be counterproductive. The Independent National Electoral Commission had announced Tinubu of the…
-
Atiku is a serial loser, doesn’t win elections – Tinubu tells Tribunal
Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has berated Atiku Abubakar the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, at the 2023 presidential election, accusing him of being a bad loser. Tinubu made this comment while reacting to the petition filed by the PDP and its candidate, arguing that Atiku had since 1993 consistently contested and…
-
Edo Election Tribunal receives 14 petitions
The Edo Election Petitions Tribunal says it has received 14 petitions from aggrieved parties and candidates in the just-concluded National Assembly and State Assembly elections. The Tribunal Secretary, Mr Muazu Sanusi, made the disclosure in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Benin.
-
Osun Governorship: Appeal Court reserves judgement on Adeleke’s case
The Appeal Court on Monday, reserved judgement to decide on the case by Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the decision of an election petition tribunal that nullified his victory in the Osun governorship election. Judgement on the matter will be given at a later date as a three-member panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu takes the…