The Presidential Election Petition
Tribunal is said to have announced the date to deliver judgment on the 2023 Presidential Election.
Source reported that according to NewsOnline Nigeria, Charles Oputa, A.K.A. Charly Boy, claimed that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has fixed September 16 for judgment on the petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu.
Though this piece of information cannot be authoritatively confirmed, the Tribunal, according to the Constitution, has up till Sept 16, 2023 ( which is Maximum 180 days of filing of Petitions) to deliver judgement on the petitions.
This online news medium recalls that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 25 election and his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi had filed petitions asking the Tribunal to sack Tinubu over several allegations.
Charly Boy in a post on his official X handle, urged supporters of Obi known as Obidients to get ready for the judgement.
The post reads, “OBIDIENTS ARE U Ready? Tribunal (PEPT) has announced that the judgment date for the cases involving Peter Obi and the Labour Party against Bola Tinubu, INEC, Shettima, and APC, as well as the PDP’s case of Atiku against APC, INEC, and Tinubu, is scheduled for September 16, 2023