Tribunals decide Tinubu, 25 Govs cases September
There is anxiety as president bola Tinubu and 25 state governors await the verdicts of the tribunals handling the presidential, governorship, national assembly, and state assembly election petitions. The panels are expected to deliver their judgments this month. Out of the 28 states where the governorship elections were held, the results of the polls announced by the independent national electoral commission are being contested in no fewer than 25 states.
Most of the tribunals which were sitting in lagos, sokoto, delta, kano, and 21 other states as well as abuja had reserved their judgments after the parties concluded their hearings and adopted their written addresses in line with the practice direction for the election petitions issued by the president of the court of appeal, justice monicadongban-mensen. However, political parties and their candidates who are apprehensive about the outcome of their petitions resorted to prayers and others issued cautionary words and admonitions to the justices to do what is right.
The presidential election petition tribunal had reserved judgment after the petitioners- the peoples democratic party and its standard bearer, atikuabubakar and peter obi and the labour party closed their cases in june after calling 40 out of the 150 witnesses earlier listed in their petitions challenging the victory of the all progressives congress and the president. While tinubu’s lawyer prayed for a successful outcome, atiku’s legal team admonished the tribunal to “shun executive intimidation and dispense judgment on the matter.’’
