Interested parties in the February 25 presidential election have said they are optimistic of getting a favourable judgement as the Presidential Election Petitions Court fixed tomorrow to announce its verdict.

Presidential candidates of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; and Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Chichi Ojei had filed the petitions challenging the declaration President Bola Tinubu as winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, Esq in a statement yesterday confirmed that the five-member panel presided by Justice Haruna Tsammani has also directed that media access to the proceeding would strictly be on accreditation. 

The panel, according to the statement also approved the live transmission of the proceedings of the three petitions, which according to it, is to promote transparency and openness. 

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“Only accredited individuals, including counsel and representatives of political parties will be granted access into the courtroom. Interested members of the public are advised to watch the proceedings from their television sets,” the panel said. 

Earlier, the Department of State Services (DSS) had warned against violent protests over the outcome of the proceedings.

DAILYTRUST