

“The people want the proceedings to be transmitted live. “But we call on the Tribunal, especially the Justices of the Appeal Court and Supreme Court, to put Nigeria first before personal interest. “This is geared towards allowing the APC to use incumbency powers to influence the judgement of the court. He said: “We know as it stands, the All Progressives Congress is buying time with delay tactics so as to frustrate the case till after inauguration. He said, “We have seen in other countries even within Africa like Kenya where proceedings on election petition sittings were transmitted live so voters would have the opportunity to see how justice is being dispensed.”įrank appealed to the tribunal to commence the hearing to enhance the speedy conclusion of the case within the time statutorily allotted before the inauguration on May 29, 2023. He, therefore, said it had become necessary to call on the PEPT to consider transmitting the process live in other to promote transparency and openness in the conduct of the tribunal. Naija News understands that this is as Frank called out on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to transmit its proceedings live.įrank, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, alleged that his camp is also aware the APC is playing all the delay tactics till after inauguration so they can use incumbency of power. He claimed that just like how the DSS was used to threaten the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to swing the results of the general election in favour of the APC, they are at it again.
