All is set for the Presidential Election Petitions Court to deliver judgement today in petitions brought before the court contesting the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports there is currently tight security at the Court of Appeal Complex located in the Three Arms Zone, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District of Abuja.
The Court of Appeal Complex houses the Presidential Election Petition Court.
The judgment is in three cases challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
Coming about a month after the court heard the closing arguments of parties to the petitions and about two weeks to the expiration of the statutory 180-day lifespans within which the cases filed in March must be heard and determined.
All roads leading to court of the appeal complex is being manned by multiple security operatives, drawn from various arms, including the armed forces, police, men of the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Civil Defence.
The same formation has been placed within in the court complex.
The Chief Registrar of the Court, Mr Umar Bangari in a statement on Monday said that everything had been put in place to ensure that the judgment in the three petitions pending before the court were delivered hitch free.
Bangari said adequate security had been put in place and that only the invited members of political parties and the general public would be allowed into the court room.
This he said was to avoid congestion and security breaches.
He also said that media houses that wish to televise the judgment live would be allowed to do so but at no cost to the court.
As at 7.30 a.m., lawyers and journalists were being checked in by security operatives.
Major government buildings, including the Federal Secretariat, the National Assembly Complex and the access into the Presidential Villa were being manned by heavy security personnel.
Petitions were filed separately by Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Peter Obi of theL abour Party and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), to challenging President Tinubu’s victory.
The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 8.8 million votes to defeat 17 other candidates in what was largely a three horse race.
Atiku polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election to come second, while Obi came behind Atiku with a total of 6,101,533 votes, according to INEC.