Why Presidential Election Tribunal Should Be Televised Live - Sam Amadi

 

The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has called for the hearing of the Presidential election petition tribunal to be transmitted live to the public.

 

He made the call on Twitter.

 

According to him, the reason is because the petitions before the presidential election petition tribunal are public interest litigations.

 

In a tweet on Monday, Amadi said, “the issues are not just about private rights of candidates and parties”.

 

Recall that the presidential election petition tribunal commenced proceedings in Abuja on Monday.

 

Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, are challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the February 25 presidential poll.

 

Meanwhile, Amadi said, “there ought to be live transmission of the hearing.”

 

He wrote, “Presidential election petition is a public interest litigation. There ought to be a live transmission of its hearing because of the political nature of the case.