BREAKING: Tinubu Rejects Live Broadcast of Election Tribunal, Gives Reason

• Bola Tinubu has told the presidential election petition tribunal to dismiss Atiku Abubakar and PDP's application to broadcast the proceedings
• The defendants told the tribunal that the court is not a football stadium or a theatre, and the application is not within the court's jurisdiction
• Through their joint lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun, the petitioner said the application is an insult to the authority of the court

FCT, Abuja - Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, and the vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima, have rejected the application of Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to broadcast the proceedings of the presidential election petition tribunal.

According to the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s candidate, the application is an “abuse of the processes of this honourable court,” Daily Trust reported.

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Tinubu and Shettima then urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the motion, adding that Atiku and PDP's relief was not what the court could grant.

Their response reads in part:

“With much respect to the petitioners, the motion is an abuse of the processes of this honourable court.”

The president and vice-president-elect said Atiku and PDP's request should be dismissed because the court is not a football stadium.

It reads:

“Is not a rostrum or a soapbox. It is not also a stadium or theatre. It is not an arena for ‘public’ entertainment.”

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Tinubu and Shettima were represented by their lawyers, who Wole Olanipekun led.

According to their counter affidavit, Atiku and PDP's application relates to the formulation of the court's policy, which was outside the tribunal's jurisdiction as constituted.

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They noted that because the application touched on the power and jurisdiction of the president of the appeal by the constitution, the tribunal, as presently constituted, cannot entertain the application.

"U.S.-Nigeria partnership is built on shared interests": US secretary to Tinubu

Legit.ng earlier reported that the United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, has phoned the president-elect Bola Tinubu ahead of his May 29 inauguration.

Blinken, in a telephone call, disclosed that the U.S.-Nigeria relationship was built on shared interests that should be protected and strengthened under the Tinubu administration.

The Secretary also urged Tinubu to build an inclusive leadership that will reflect the interest of all Nigerians.

Source: Legit.ng