Breaking: Presidential Tribunal dismisses APM petition

CHIGOZIE IKPO, Abuja

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting in Abuja, has struck out a petition filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the February 25 elections.

Delivering the Lead Judgement, Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the petition for lack of merit.

The Allied Peoples Movement in the petition marked; PEPC/CA/04/2023 is seeking the disqualification of Tinubu over an alleged double nomination of his Vice President, Kashim Shettima in the election.

The party held that Shetimma having purchased a nomination form to contest for the office of Senator representing Borno Central Senatorial District, should not turn back to contest for the position of Vice President.

However, in a letter dated July 6, 2022, and tendered by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, lawyer to President Bola Tinubu and Shettima at the opening of their defence in the petition filed by the petitioners, it was revealed that Shetimma had voluntarily withdrawn his nomination as Senatorial Candidate before allowing himself to be nominated for the office of Vice President.

Justice Tsammani having admitted that letter as evidence in the petition agreed with the submissions of the respondents, that Shetimma had withdrawn his earlier nomination before accepting the office of Vice President.

The court also held that the issue of double nomination is a pre-election matter and a party affair, adding that no other party can interfere in the way and manner another party conducts its nomination.

Justice Tsammani subsequently struck out the name of the 5th respondent, Kabiru Masari, from the petition on the ground that he neither contested in the election nor played any role in the election.

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