The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate for the February 25, 2023 election, have requested that a case challenging their victory be completely dismissed by the Presidential Election case Tribunal in Abuja.
APC and Tinubu claimed on Tuesday that the Allied Peoples Movement’s (APM) petition was useless since it did not disclose any justifiable causes of action.
APC and Tinubu informed the tribunal in their respective motions on notice that the petition was incompetent for a number of reasons and didn’t merit the tribunal’s valuable time.
Prince Lateef Fagbemi, a renowned lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, submitted the motion on behalf of the APC and said that the APM’s petition lacks any support.
In the motion, Fagbemi emphasized that the election was properly conducted and that the declaration of a clear winner complied with the law.
The senior attorney informed the tribunal of the motion on notice at Tuesday’s sessions and stated that it would be thoroughly argued at the appropriate time.
Fagbemi acknowledged that he had provided all the legal information on the pre-trial Form TF008 Information sheet.
He said that on May 8 at the tribunal, the Form TF008 answer sheet was completed and served to the other parties.
Chief Akin Olujimi SAN, who spoke on behalf of Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima, informed the tribunal in his own submission that he had submitted a pre-hearing information sheet on May 3, 2023.
He put the tribunal on notice of his pending move and asked for the petition to be completely dismissed for a number of grounds.
Olujimi declared that he will present his case for the motion at the suitable period set aside by the tribunal.
Suleiman Abubakar, SAN, who was the APM’s representative, adopted his form TF008 pre-hearing sheet submitted on April 28.
Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, the chairman of the tribunal, set a new pre-hearing session for May 11 after hearing arguments at the pre-hearing session.
Justice Tsammani issued an order requiring all parties to the dispute to organize and reach consensus on all papers they intend to submit at the petition’s hearing.
