The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has taken a significant step in its quest to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election.
The party has filed ten grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court, seeking to remove President Tinubu from office.
Following the affirmation of President Tinubu’s victory by the Presidential Election Petition Court, the APM, through its new counsel, Chukwuma Machukwu Ume, submitted a notice of appeal to the apex court.
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Presidential tribunal is wrong
In their appeal, they argue that the presidential tribunal’s judgment had numerous errors in law, warranting its dismissal.
The APM asserts that sections 131 and 142 (1) of the 1999 Constitution are interconnected and cannot be confined solely to pre-election matters.
They argue that these sections outline the qualifications and conditions precedent for holding the office of President.
Shettima is not a lawful Vice
The party claims that President Tinubu contested the presidential election without a lawful running mate, as Ibrahim Kabir Masari had withdrawn from the race and the deadline for changing or withdrawing candidates had expired.
The APM contends that a “validly elected” candidate must fulfill the threshold qualifications and disqualifications specified in the Constitution.
They criticize the court for sidestepping this critical issue and focusing on technical pre-election matters instead.
The APM is therefore seeking the Supreme Court’s intervention to declare that President Tinubu was not qualified to contest as the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Additionally, they request a nullification of all votes scored by the APC in the February 25 presidential election and a directive for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the candidate with the second-highest score as the winner.
Atiku files 35 charges in Supreme Court appeal against Presidential Tribunal Verdict
Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has taken his case to the Supreme Court, challenging the judgment rendered by the Presidential Election Petition Court.
This move comes after the tribunal upheld Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 presidential election, dismissing the petition brought forward by the Labour Party’s (LP) Peter Obi and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Atiku’s Notice of Appeal, consisting of 35 grounds, asserts that the tribunal, led by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, made substantial errors and resulted in a miscarriage of justice in its findings regarding the petition challenging Tinubu’s presidency, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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