2019!!!NIGERIANS DIVIDED OVER BUHARI AND ATIKU FIGHT

2019!!!NIGERIANS DIVIDED OVER BUHARI AND ATIKU FIGHT

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU,[LAGOS,NIGERIA]

a]Tribunal strikes out petitions against security agencies on the grounds that they were not parties to the petition

b]Buhari not only qualified but eminently qualified to contest Presidential elections

c]Tribunal strikes out applications for cases to be dismissed on non -inclusion of Osinbajo

d]Tribunal strikes out application for the disqualification of buhari for submitting fake documentations

e]Court strikes out paragraphs linking individuals not listed in petition for breach of rules

f]Tribunal says it does not have jurisdiction on trader -moni matters  linked to Osinbajo

g]Tribunal says no provisions for electronic transmission of results in electoral acts and  poll guidelines

h]allegations of violence leveled against The Nigerian Police and other arms of the nation's security apparatus were not established by the petitioner says the Tribunal

i}Tribunal strikes out documentations ,witness statements of Osita Chidoka on the grounds that they amount to amending the contents of the petition.

j]Tribunal dismisses petition by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar challenging Muhammadu Buhari   of victory at the polls

k]allegations of lack of educational qualifications by Buhari dismissed by the court

l]admissible exhibits were used in the petition by both political parties

m]Tribunal dismisses allegations that P.D.P legal practitioner ,Barrister Levi Uzoukwu was not professionally qualified to represent Former Veepee Atiku Abubakar.

n]Panel dismisses objections filed by I.N.E.C asking tribunal to dismiss the P.D.P.'S petition

o]Total of 62 witnesses called by petitioner

p]Barrister Wole Olanipekun,the lead Counsel of the second respondent closed his case in August,2019.

The tribunal started its seating at around 9:30 a.m. with The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria joining to monitor proceeedings at the International Press Center in Lagos,Nigeria at around 10:23 a.m.

The atmosphere was fully charged up in Abuja where the Presidential elections tribunal was seating on the 11th September,2019.

The  court room was filled up to the brim with a sea of heads ,with 95 percent of them been highly respected members of the legal trade in Nigeria.

At least not less than 78 members of the bench were spotted in the court room ,some of the dignitaries spotted by the eagle view of the News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria showed that the likes of Mr Adams Oshiomhole ,Chairman of the All Progressive Congress,Dr Chris Ngige,Barrister Babatunde Raji,Abba Kyari,Chief of Staff to Buhari,Festus Keyamo .Mallam Nuhu Ribadu  were all seated as they represented the interests of the A.P.C in court.

The interests of the Peoples Democratic Party [P.D.P.] were represented by Mr Uche Secondus ,Chairman of the party with most of the top guns of the party staying away thus fuelling suggestions that perhaps the content of the judgment may have being known to some persons before the real day.

There was a clear division in the manner the Nigerian press covered The Presidential election tribunal as while some of the leading networks like Channels Television paid more attention to showing the faces of the A.P.C. Chieftains in the court as against that of the African Independent Television [A.I.T]that paid greater attention to showing Chief Uche Secondus and Barrister Mike Ozekhome ,the lead counsel for the P.D.P. thus clearly outlining the clear bias  of the nations gate keepers .

At a point at around 3:20 p.m. ,a bespectacled woman who was spotted in the long drawn court session was seen answering to the call of nature as she quietly drifted up to sleep due to the unusually long court proceedings.

Expectedly when this reporter went to town ,faithful of the two warring political gladiators had varying interpretations with the winners happy about the turn of events while the losers had sour grapes to eat in the bargain.

source of picture:P.D.P.