Court adjourns Peter Obi’s petition to Wednesday
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned the pre-hearing session of Peter Obi and his party, Labour Party, against the President-elect Bola Tinubu and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Justice Haruna Tsammani, the tribunal chairman, announced the adjournment of the pre-hearing session till Wednesday urging all parties to file necessary applications and clarify issues before next hearing.
The PEPT which commenced pre-hearing on Monday has already seen the dismissal of one the petitions – Action Alliance vs INEC and others, after the petitioner moved a motion to withdraw the petition from the tribunal.
The tribunal will resume on Tuesday to commence the pre-hearing sessions of two other petitions: Allied Peoples Movement (APM) vs INEC and others as well as Atiku Abubakar vs INEC and others.
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