Presidential tribunal reserves ruling on Atiku and PDP’s request for live telecast of proceedings

Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has reserved ruling till a later date on the application by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for live televising of the court’s proceedings.

While the plaintiffs had argued that a live broadcast will increase trust and transparency, lawyers to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) urged the court to reject it on grounds of being ridiculous, intended to among others, trivialize the court’s business.

They also claimed that the court has already met the constitutional requirement by making sufficient arrangements for the public to follow the proceedings by allowing a large media presence and providing huge television screens at the court’s foyer.

Justice Tsammani reserved judgement on the application after the court took arguments from lawyers to parties in the case.