The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential
candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have
asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja to dismiss in its
entirety a petition brought against their victory.
APC and Tinubu on Tuesday argued that the petition filed by
the Allied People’s Movement (APM) was worthless as it disclosed no reasonable
cause of action.
In their separate motions on notice, APC and Tinubu told the
tribunal that the petition was incompetent on various grounds and didn’t
deserve to be given precious time by the tribunal.
Legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, who filed the motion on behalf of APC, said that the APM has no legs upon which its petition can stand.
Fagbemi insisted in the motion that the election was
lawfully conducted, and a clear winner declared in line with the provisions of
the law.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, the senior lawyer, while notifying
the tribunal of the motion on notice, said it would be fully argued at the
appropriate time.
Fagbemi confirmed that he had answered all the questions on
the pre-trial Form TF008 Information sheet as required by law.
He said the Form TF008 answer sheet was filled at the
tribunal on May 8th and served on other parties.
In his own submission, Chief Akin Olujimi SAN, who stood for
Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shetitma, informed the tribunal he had filed a
pre-hearing information sheet on May 3, 2023.
He notified the tribunal of his pending motion on notice,
praying for the outright dismissal of the petition for various reasons.
Olujimi said he would argue the motion at the appropriate
time allotted to it by the tribunal.
The APM, represented by Suleiman Abubakar SAN, adopted his
form TF008 pre-hearing sheet filed on April 28.
After taking arguments at the pre-hearing session, Chairman
of the Tribunal, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, fixed May 11 for further
pre-hearing session.
Justice Tsammani ordered parties in the matter to sort out
and agree on all documents they intend to tender during the hearing of the
petition.
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