BREAKING: Court Denies Motion for the live broadcast of the Proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal
The Presidential Election Petition Court has dismissed an application seeking live broadcast of proceedings of the Election Petition hearings.
In a unanimous ruling, the five-member panel said allowing cameras in the courtroom for live streaming or broadcast of proceedings isn’t provided for in Nigeria’s laws.
The lead ruling prepared and read by Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, notes that live telecast of court proceedings is a policy matter one the court lacks power to put into effect, except the Judiciary embraces same.
The application was dismissed for lacking in merit as allowing such will amount to dramatization of the proceedings of the Court.
The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party, Peter Obi, had filed an application 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.
However, Tinubu opposed the application for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the election petition, describing it as an abuse of court process.
