 The chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Court, Justice Harunas Samani, has dismissed the application for live coverage of court proceedings. At the 2023 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, the Justice, said the application by the PDP and the Labour Party lacked merit. The presidential candidate of the PDP, Atikwa Bubaka, had filed an application on May 8 for an order to allow the live coverage of the daily court proceedings on the case that brought against Bola Tinnubu following the February 25 election. The Labour Party and its presidential candidates, Peter Albi, followed suit with a similar application asking that proceedings of the tribunal be televised. However, a week later, Tinnubu opposed the application for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the election petition, describing it as an abuse of court process. The subject of our application, i.e. the live streaming and open telecast, is not in any way connected with the merits of our petition. The petition is separate, it's ongoing. The application did not succeed to have the televised version of the proceedings relate to the entire world. And as far as we are concerned, we are now set for hearing. Tomorrow, we'll be here by God's grace for pre-hearing reports that will determine the progress of the petition and the time the petition will be had and concluded. Our position, as far as this is concerned, is that the issue of consolidation is one that is compelled by statute. And we have no objection to it. We are prepared to proceed. But given the reasons, the court says it's a policy matter. We are not part of the policy-making apparatus of the court or any court for that matter. We are a council, and our duty is to bring whatever the question we have to the court. If they agree, we say as a court business. If they disagree, we still say as a court business. So that's the position. They have disagreed and we are moving on. What the situation is, is simply that there are numerous documents and they are supplying them personally. So it's not something I can stand here. In Rivers State, for instance, let me just give you one example. There are 23 local governments. They're giving us from ACA here. In respect of 15, we still have eight outstanding. And you can't make a conclusion based on 15 of 23. So that's what the quarter, let me call it quarter. That's what it is about. Any day we receive everything we're asking for, we'll let you know.