ELECTION TRIBUNAL: Don’t Waste Our Time Filing Frivolous Applications – Tribunal Warns Obi, Atiku, Tinubu Lawyers
By Shola Akingboye, 8 May 2023
Lawyers representing the presidential candidates in the 2023 election have been issued warnings against unnecessary technicalities that could jeopardise the time frame set aside for hearings, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal commenced sitting today in Abuja.
Recall that two other presidential candidates are challenging Tinubu’s victory in the last elections.
Representatives of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were in court over the outcome of the presidential election.
Led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, the tribunal’s five-member panel, warned lawyers against wasting the court’s time. Tsammani charged lawyers to avoid unnecessary technicalities and address the substance of their petitions, at its inaugural sitting today,
According to Justice Tsammani, unnecessary technicalities could delay the hearing of petitions. “Election is time-bound; let us not waste unnecessary time. Let us cooperate so that everyone will leave here satisfied.
“Avoid unnecessary technicalities. We are determined to look at all the matters brought before us. Let us look at what is good for our country and avoid time-wasting applications,” he said.
