Tinubu, APC want APM’s petition dismissed, say it lacks merit

By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja

The President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) have asked the Presidential Election Petition Court(PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss a petition brought against his declaration as winner of the 2023, Presidential election.
They maintained that the petition filed by the Allied People’s Movement (APM) was worthless and incompetent on various grounds.
Tinubu and his party, through their counsel, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, insisted that the election being challenged by APM was lawfully conducted and a clear winner declared in line with the provisions of the law.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, the senior lawyer while notifying the Tribunal of the motion on notice said it would be fully argued at the appropriate time.
Fagbemi confirmed that he had answered all the questions on the pre-hearing Form TF008 Information sheet as required by law.
Fagbemi said the Form TF008 answer sheet was filled at the Tribunal on May 8th and served on other parties.
In his own submission, Chief Akin Olujimi SAN who stood for Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shetima informed the Tribunal that he had filed pre-hearing information sheet on May 3, 2023.
He notified the Tribunal of his pending motion on notice praying for outright dismissal of the petition on various reasons.
Olujimi SAN said he would argue the motion at the appropriate time allotted to it by the Tribunal.
The APM represented by Suleiman Abubakar SAN adopted his form TF008 pre-hearing sheet filed on April 28.
After taking arguments at the pre-hearing session, Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani fixed May 11 for further pre-hearing session.
Justice Tsammani ordered parties in the matter to sort out and agree on all documents they intend to tender during the hearing of the petition.