According to a report by THE PUNCH, there is a high level of anticipation and anxiety surrounding the impending judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), particularly for President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).
The PEPT is scheduled to deliver its judgment this month, following the constitutional requirement to issue a judgment within 180 days from the filing of petitions by aggrieved candidates, as stated in Section 285 (6) of the 1999 constitution.
The petitioners, the PDP and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, as well as the LP candidate Peter Obi, presented their cases in June. They called 40 out of the 150 listed witnesses in their petitions challenging the victory of the APC and Tinubu in the February 25th presidential election. The tribunal has since reserved its judgment.
With mounting anxiety among political parties, candidates, and concerned citizens, various groups have resorted to prayers, while others have provided cautionary advice and admonitions to the justices, urging them to uphold justice.
Atiku’s legal team emphasized the tribunal’s independence from executive influence and called on it to “dispense judgment on the matter.” Mike Ozekhome, SAN, a member of Atiku’s legal team, expressed his expectations of a just outcome and urged the tribunal to resist any attempts at executive intimidation.
The PDP has also conveyed confidence in the tribunal’s ability to deliver justice. On the party’s expectations, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, simply stated, “Success.”
Timothy Osadolor, a loyal supporter of Atiku and Deputy National Youth Leader of the PDP, argued that the weight of evidence before the tribunal provided ample reason to believe that justice would prevail.
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