The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) for an order allowing live broadcast of the day-to-day proceedings of the Court regarding his petition.

In the motion by his legal team led by Chris Uche, SAN, he specifically appled for “An order directing the Court’s Registry and the parties on modalities for admission of Media Practitioners and their Equipment into the courtroom.”

Also Atiku,the  presidential candidate of the PDP, hinted that the petition is of national concern and public interest.

Besides, his views is that the case concern citizens and electorates in the 36 sates of the Federation who participated in the just concluded presidential poll. He equally added that other countries of the world are interested in Nigeria’s electoral process.

Meanwhile, they are also contending that, “With the huge and tremendous technological advances and developments in Nigeria and beyond, including the current trend by this court towards embracing electronic procedures, virtual hearing and electronic filing, a departure from the rules to allow a regulated televising of the proceedings in this matter is in consonance with the maxim that justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done.

“Televising court proceedings is not alien to this court, and will enhance public confidence”, the petitioners noted.

They also wish for the court to withdraw the Certificate of Return given to Tinubu by the ruling All Progressives Congress, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

On his part, the decision to declare Tinubu, winner of the presidential election “invalid by reason of non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022.”

But in a reply through his team of lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, Tinubu, queried the legal competence of petitions seeking to invalidate his election victory.

In a preliminary objection he entered before the court, Tinubu, described Atiku as a consistent serial loser that had since 1993, crisscrossed different political parties, in search of power.