By Akinwale Kasali
There is wild jubilation by All Progressives Congress, APC, members, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, ruled that the issue of double nomination brought forward by Allied Peoples Movement, APM, as a pre-election matter is invalid.
The APC recorded its first victory as the election tribunal has upheld the nomination of Kashim Shettima as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s running mate.
The APM had argued that the APC Presidential Candidate, Tinubu, was improperly sponsored by the All Progressives Congress, APC, as vice-presidential candidate for the election.
The opposition party had claimed that Shettima was still the APC candidate for Borno Central Senatorial District on July 14 when he accepted the nomination for vice-presidential candidate.
However, ruling on the case on Wednesday, the PEPT said that it is a pre-election matter, and that it lacked the jurisdiction to entertain it.
The court also held that APM lacked locus standi to institute matters bothering on nomination and sponsorship of Shettima.
The PEPT Court says that Section 142 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria did not enlarge scope of disqualification of Candidate in an election for which it has no jurisdiction.
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