The recent ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) affirming the election of President Bola Tinubu has ignited a flurry of reactions and discussions across Nigeria’s political landscape. The petitions were filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, who both sought … Read more
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has accused the NLC of attempting to hijack the judiciary. He says the NLC’s plan to create a “hall of shame” for judges that compromise election tribunals is an attempt to intimidate and threaten the judiciary. According to Keyamo, the only constitutional watchdog over the judiciary … Read more
INEC has appointed nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to defend the results of the February 25 presidential election. The team includes four SANs who are staff members of INEC’s legal department. Over 100 election petitions have been filed by aggrieved candidates and their parties across the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent … Read more
Three lawyers from the APC who were working on election petitions for the party’s governorship candidate in the Rivers were arrested and later released by the police. The lawyers were arrested while working on the election petitions of the APC governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, in a hotel room in Port Harcourt. Tonye Cole led the … Read more