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Today is the Much awaited day every Nigeria has always wanted to come through.
Looking at today in history you will remember the 9/11 and other mystery behind today.
Today the Presidential Election Tribunal will be delivering Judgement on Atiku Vs Buhari Election Challenge.
Some Nigerians say is a day of Justice while some say is a day for Political retirement for One of the Candidates.
We at UGOBESTIKY are always dedicated to keeping you inform will the latest political Happenings in Nigeria.
The petitioner Atiku has said that the tribunal should be the last hope of the common man by delivering its judgement on Merit and not on Technicalities.
INEC loses at the Presidential Tribunal
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on WednesdayINEC loses at the Presidential Tribunal dismissed the application by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asking the court to strike out PDP’s petition against President Buhari, because the petitioners failed to join the name of the Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo.
The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, are challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr Abubakar is asking the tribunal to declare him winner of the February 23 presidential election.
According to him, the electoral umpire connived with the ruling party to rig the election.
The five-member panel led by Garba Mohammed, who read the lead ruling, said it was not necessary for Mr Osinbajo to join in the petition.
The application had four grounds upon which it was filed.
Among the four grounds are: that the vice president is an indispensable party to the petition and that his fair hearing would be breached should a decision be reached without his input.
That Section 137 (2) of the Electoral Act makes Mr Osinbajo a vital part of the petition.
He added that if the section above is to be followed the petition would be invalidated.
On Wednesday, while addressing the first ground of the application by INEC, the court outlined who the necessary parties to a petition are:
“Subject to the provisions of the constitution, section 137, the Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear a petition of that nature if it was filed by a necessary party to the petition.
Mr Mohammed said an election petition may be presented by: “the candidate in an election, the political party who participated in an election,” among others.
He noted that an interested petitioner could file a petition on behalf of himself and the other members of the party.
The judge further said that since Mr Buhari is a statutory respondent to the petition, the petition “can efficiently and confidently be adjudicated upon by the court.”
According to the tribunal Chairman, the previous rulings of the Court show that the Vice President is not a necessary party to the petition.
“It is the conclusion in the judgement that running mates to an election is not a necessary party,” he said.
The INEC application challenging the PDP petition for the exclusion of Mr Osinbajo’s name was therefore dismissed by the court.
All the members of the panel agreed to the lead ruling.
Election: Tribunal dismisses PDP’s claim security operatives rigged for Buhari
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed parts of the PDP petition alleging that the ruling APC used security officers to manipulate the 2019 election.
The court’s decision followed an application by INEC seeking the nulification of various parts of the petition by the PDP.
The PDP had in its petition accused the incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, and major government agencies including INEC and security agencies of culpability in the manipulation of election results to the benefit of Mr Buhari.
The court during a decision on Wednesday before the final determination of the petition, ruled that INEC was right in submitting that the PDP ought to have included the security officers mentioned in the petition as part of the suit.
The court removed parts of the petition relating to the alleged involvement of security officers in the manipulation of results as put forward by the PDP.
The court had earlier refused the application by INEC to nulify the documents and witnesses put forward by the PDP on the grounds that the petitioners made wrong spelling of the lead counsel, Levi Uzoukwu’s name in their petition.
The PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, are challenging the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari for his second tenure as president in the general elections conducted on February 23.
presidential delegation led by Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari is already seated in the courtroom.
Some of them are Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, National chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, Ministers of Works and Housing, Raji Fashola, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Minister of state, Niger Delta, Festus Kayamo among others.
It would be recalled that the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his party are the petitioners while President Muhammadu Buhari, ruling All Progressives Congress and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, are the respondents.
Atiku and PDP are apparently dissatisfied with the declaration of Buhari as winner of the controversial presidential election and, so challenged Buhari’s election at the tribunal.
Outside and within the premises of the Federal Court of Appeal, Abuja, venue of the judgment, there are evident human and vehicular traffic.
Also, the courtroom is filled to capacity with lawyers from both sides of the divide exchanging subdued pleasantries.
However, a battery of newsmen have taken strategic positions for the coverage as tribunal officials arrive in solemnity.
As at the time of filing this report, the PDP officials in attendance are National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, PDP Chieftain, Raymond Dokpesi
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