JUST-IN: Tribunal Dismisses PDP, LP’s Request For Live Coverage Of Proceedings

 The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani, on Monday, dismissed the applications for live coverage of the court proceedings brought by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP).

The two parties and their presidential candidates are challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.

While dismissing the applications for live coverage, the court said the applications by the opposition parties lacked merit.

The presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar, had filed an application on May 8 for an order to allow the live coverage of the daily court proceedings on the case they brought against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, following the February 25 election.

The LP and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, followed suit with a similar application asking that proceedings of the Tribunal be televised.

But, Tinubu opposed the applications for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the election petition, describing it as an abuse of court process.