Tribunal’s refusal to televise live proceedings against will of Nigerians — Labour Party
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A chieftain of the Labour Party, Chief Patrick Eholor, Monday, expressed disappointment and said the refusal of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, to televise live proceedings is against the will of Nigerians.
Eholor said if there is nothing to hide the judges would have accepted the will of over 200 million Nigerians as a way to demonstrate transparency and douse tension.
He said: “I am very disappointed. This refusal by the judges to allow live telecast of the proceedings from the sittings is against the will of over 200 million Nigerians.
“What the judges have done is a subversion of the people’s will. They have been also a problem in our democratic process.
“We have been seeing people televising, transmitting live court proceedings of this magnitude across the world and universally it has become a norm, and why should ours be exceptional?
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“The question now, is Nigeria going forward or backwards?. There is a camera in every courtroom in America and London, and every part of the Europe system. Why is Nigeria different?
“Our votes are supposed to be at the polling station, if not for the actions of the Chairman of INEC.”
He further stated that the request is not for Peter Obi or Atiku Abubakar, “What we are asking for is a simple thing, is not about Peter Obi or Atiku Abubakar but is for the Nigerian citizens who have been denied this request.
