BREAKING: INEC Rejects Atiku, PDP Petition, Gives Reason
- INEC has kicked against the motion filed by the PDP and Atiku Abubakar to broadcast live the proceeding of the 2023 presidential election petition tribunal
- Atiku and the PDP had filed a motion before the tribunal asking the court to order the live broadcast of the proceedings as well as order the modalities involved
- Defendants to the petition include the INEC, APC, the president and vice-president-elect, Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettime
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FCT, Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the motion filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to live broadcast the ongoing 2023 presidential election petition tribunal.
Daily Independent reported that Atiku and the PDP, in the motion, asked the court to allow the ongoing proceeding to be broadcast live.
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Why INEC Rejects Atiku, PDP's Motion to broadcast presidential election tribunal live
Respondents to the motion include the INEC; the president and vide-president-elect, Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima; and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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During the hearing on Thursday, May 18, Abubakar Mahmoud SAN, counsel to the electoral body, disclosed that the commission had filed a counter affidavit to oppose the Atiku and PDP application.
The motion by the petitioners was dated May 5 and was filed on May 7, 2023.
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Atiku and the PDP are asking for an order from the court that will allow the broadcasting of the proceedings, citing the national importance of the hearing. They also prayed that the court should directly order the modalities for its implementation.
Chris Uche (SAN), counsel to Atiku and the PDP, prayed the court to grant the request of his clients.
Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the petition then reserved the decision of the court on the application till a later date.
The judge disclosed the decision after taking the applications of the parties involved in the case.
"It is not also a stadium or theatre": Tinubu rejects live broadcast of tribunal
Legit.ng earlier reported that Bola Tinubu had told the presidential election petition tribunal to dismiss Atiku Abubakar and PDP's application to broadcast the proceedings.
The defendants told the tribunal that the court is not a football stadium or a theatre, and the application is not within the court's jurisdiction.
Through their joint lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun, the petitioner said the application was an insult to the authority of the court.
Source: Legit.ng
