PEPC: No surprise was ever coming, By Abimbola Adelakun

Anyone who has seen enough of Nigerian history and politics would have known beforehand how Wednesday would unfold. Despite all the build-up of anticipation in some quarters, the procedure of presidential electoral petition tribunals is standard: they deliver their judgment (expectedly in favour of the incumbent), analysts will dissect the verdict for days (maximum, a […]

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PEPC upholds Tinubu’s presidential election victory

Nigeria’s five-man Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, on Wednesday, unanimously upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. This development followed petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar; the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, […]

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PEPC fixes date for judgment in Obi, Atiku’s election petition

In a statement, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting at the Court of Appeal premises in Abuja, Nigeria, has announced Wednesday, September 6, 2023 date to deliver judgment in the petitions filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]

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See Peter Obi’s PEPC final written address (Full text)

Peter Obi and Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) legal team, led by Livy Uzoukwu SAN, on Thursday, filed their final written address in response to the 2nd and 3rd respondents, President Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, respectively. In the full written address (download credit: Parallel facts), Dr Uzoukwu faulted the response of Tinubu’s lawyer to the […]

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