Breaking:Tribunal strikes out APM petition against VP Shettima

Breaking:Tribunal strikes out APM petition against VP Shettima

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in court of appeal Abuja on Wednesday struck out a petition of the Allied Peoples Movement seeking to nolify the nomination of Kashim Shettima as the running mate/vice candidate to Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election under the All Progressives Congress.

The APM, in its petition marked CA/PEPC/04/2023, sought the nullification of Tinubu’s election on the grounds of alleged double nomination of the Vice-Presidential candidate of the APC, Shettima.

It claimed Shettima was still a senatorial candidate of the APC as of the time of his nomination as the APC VP.

The tribunal in its judgment said the APM lacked the locus standi to institute matters bothering on nomination and sponsorship of Shettima.

Justice Haruna Tsammani leading a five-man panel of judges read out the judgment.

He held that the cause of action bordered on a pre-election matter, which the Supreme Court had earlier decided.

The tribunal noted that the main grouse of the APM was the alleged invalid nomination of Tinubu’s running mate, Shettima.

Wole Olanipekun, counsel to Bola Tinubu and Shettima, had argued that the APM’s petition is anchored solely on the nomination of Shettima, which had already been resolved by the supreme Court.

But GA Idiagbonya counsel to the petitioners had told the court that the Supreme Court judgement did not touch the grounds of their case.