Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal Adjourns Ruling On PDP’s Application Till 2pm.

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has adjourned
ruling on the application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
till 2 pm.

The party is asking the President of the Court of Appeal,
Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to recuse herself from the Presidential
Election Petitions Tribunal.

It made the request in a petition dated May 8 and jointly signed
by its National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, and its National
Secretary, Senator Umaru Tsauri.

In today’s hearing, counsel to the PDP and its Presidential
Candidate, Mr Levi Uzoukwu in adopting the motion before the
tribunal said that the husband to the chairman of the tribunal by
his election into the Senate would soon become a member of the
decision making body of the APC.

According to him, her husband’s new status will allow him to
attend the national convention of his party and that a national
convention of any party is the highest decision-making body of any
political party.

“Based on these facts and others stated in their application the
application should be allowed and consequently order should
follow”.

In objecting to the application counsel to INEC which is the
first respondent Mr Yunus Usman told the court that the application
is against section 42 of the Constitution which is against
discrimination.

He said that the application by the petitioners is
discriminatory against the chairman of the Tribunal.

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