Presidential poll: Allow judiciary do their work, Gowon cautions litigantsFormer Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has urged aggrieved parties of the February 25 general elections to respect the sanctity of the court and humbly accept its decision in the coming days as final. Presidential Election Tribunal fix May 8 for hearing | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsThe hearing of the petitions challenging Bola Tinubu’s declaration as President-elect has been fixed for Monday, May 8 by the Presidential Election Petitions Court. The Justices must display utmost uprightness as Nigeria will be in the spotlight of international stakeholders and citizens eager to follow the proceedings.” įrank, who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East, insisted that expectations of Nigerians who feel disenfranchised should be the main cause of worry for the Justices. “They must resist any form of pressure from whomsoever whether within or without.

“The Justices must be reminded that the fate of the nation is currently in their hands, and the least responsibility expected by Nigerians is their unalloyed loyalty to the people and their oaths of allegiance to the Nigerian Constitution. “Therefore all the features of a good judgment are expected to be demonstrated by the Justices in an accurate, succinct, factual and vivid manner. A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Friday, urged the Justices of the Presidential “The overall consideration and subsequent decision of the tribunal must be seen to reflect the basis for judicial decisions, which are the products of two fixed elements: the facts and the rule of law.

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