BREAKING: Tribunal dismisses APM’s petition against Tinubu, Shettima
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Wed, 6 Sep 2023 || Nigeria,
The Presidential Election Petition Court has struck out the Allied Peoples Movement petitions against President Bola Tinubu and his Vice President, Kashim Shettima.
The PEPC dismissed as incompetent, the case of the APM, filed to nullify Tinubu’s election.
The court held that issues the APM raised in its petition contained pre-election matters that could only be determined by the Federal High Court.
Chairman of the panel, Justice Haruna Tsammani, read the ruling.
The tribunal also dismissed the APM petition against the Independent National Electoral Commission and four others.
Listed as 1st to 5th respondents are INEC, All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, Kashim Shettima and Kabiru Masari.
Details later…