…as Tribunal okays live broadcast
The much-anticipated verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPT) is expected to be delivered on Wednesday, September 6th 2023.
The Court of Appeal Registrar Umar Bangari confirmed this to newsmen on Monday, saying the proceedings will be open to live broadcast by interested television stations.
Last week there was strong rumoures that the judgement will be delivered on September 16, a date the Tribunal said was incorrect and that no date had yet been fixed for the judgement.
The Labour Party (LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), as well as their presidential candidates, had petitioned the tribunal seeking to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
Judgement is also expected to be delivered by election tribunals in 25 states for governorship, National Assembly, and state assembly election petitions.
The results of the polls announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are being contested in no fewer than 25 states out of the 28 states where elections were conducted.