It goes to show that the judiciary is independent and there is no interference from executive powers. That is what democracy is all about.
The rule of law must prevail!
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the preliminary objection brought before it by President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asking it to strike out the petition filed against them by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
Consequently,the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Ayo Salami, adjourned further hearing of the petition till August 1, 2011 and re-stated its earlier order of May 24, 2011 that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should allow CPC unfettered access to the election materials for the purpose of forensic examination and analysis.
However, PDP's counsel, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN), told newsmen that the party would appeal against the decisions of the tribunal at the Supreme Court, noting that the appeal would not disturb the hearing of the petition at the tribunal.
The CPC had, through a petition, challenged the presidential election of April 16, 2011 which produced Jonathan and Namadi Sambo as president and vice-president of Nigeria and sought for the nullification of the said election.
Tribune