List of presiding justices for the election tribunal is made public

The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Haruna Tsammani, Justice Stephen Adah of the Court of Appeal Asaba division, Justice Misitura Bolaji-Yusuf of the Court of Appeal, also of the Asaba Division, Justice Boloukuoromo Ugoh of the Kano division, and Justice Abba Mohammed of the Ibadan Court of Appeal will preside over the various petitions that will be brought before the Presidential Petition Court today.

Justice Haruna Tsammani promised that justice will be carried out shortly before the five-member panel of justices, which was to meet and be presided over by the presiding justice of the PEPC, convened.

Justice Tsammani explained, “We are determined to look at the matter dispassionately and give justice to whoever deserves justice.”

He noted that the tribunal would consider the substance of each case over technicalities so that “whoever leaves here will be satisfied that justice has been done.”

He cautioned parties against making irrational requests that would stall the legal process.

On the grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s rules and the electoral laws were not followed, five political parties and their candidates have each challenged the results of the presidential election held on February 25.

As further disclosed by the presiding judge, “the petitions to be considered today during the pre-hearing would be the first three petitions while the 4th and 5th petitions can take off tomorrow.”

The Action Alliance party and Solomon Okanigbuan, the party’s standard bearer, submitted CA/PEPC/01/2023; the Action People’s Party, as the only petitioner, filed CA/PEPC/02/2023; and the Labour Party and Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate, filed CA/PEP/03/2023.

Until the pre-hearing is over, he stated that the cases would be switched about.

“Then we will alternate until we finish the pre-hearing,” Tsammani remarked further.

At 10:30 a.m., the court reconvenes.