News
Tribunal Delivers Verdict On Atiku’s Request For Live Broadcast Of Proceedings
-
Atiku is at the tribunal to argue he won the 2023 presidential election.
-
He had requested a live broadcast of the proceedings.
-
The tribunal considered the request and delivered its verdict.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the presidential election petition tribunal has refused a request for live broadcast of its proceedings.
A five-member panel of the court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani delivered the verdict on Monday.
EDITOR’S PICKS
According to the panel, the application lacked merit.
Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the request on May 7.
The former vice-president argued that televising the proceedings will enhance public confidence.
Chris Uche, counsel for Atiku and the PDP, who argued the motion said: “There is no single legislative or statutory position against it.”
He added that a live broadcast doesn’t necessarily mean the faces of the justices would be shown.
However, the counsels for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rejected the argument.
Atiku is challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu of the APC in the February 25 election.
Recall that INEC declared Tinubu as the president-elect after he polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his opponents.
FURTHER READING
Atiku polled 6,984,520 votes, while Labour Party’s Peter Obi had 6,101,533 votes to come third.
Click to watch our video of the week:
Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:
Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.
Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.
Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611
