The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has ruled on the double nomination of Vice President Kashim Shettima.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the tribunal ruled that double nomination issue is a pre-election matter and the PEPC has no jurisdiction over it.
Justice Haruna Tsammani, Chairman of the panel passed the ruling while reading the judgement in the petition filed by Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
The case of the APM is solely on the non-qualification of Bola Tinubu and Shettima to contest the election.
According to Haruna Tsammani, the APM lacks the locus standi to challenge the nomination of the candidates of another political party.
Tsammani stressed the issue of qualification or non-qualification is a pre-election matter that ought to have been ventilated at the Federal High Court 14 days after the conduct of a primary election.
“Disqualification of a candidate on the basis of double nomination is a pre-election matter” PEPT ruled.
TNG reports the petition of APM was subsequently struck out.