The lawyer, who accused the judge of deliberately abandoning his duty, threatened to sue him up to the Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, the presidential election petition tribunal consolidated the three surviving petitions before it.
Mr Obi said “we will not leave Nigeria. I am not in a hurry to become the president, but I know it must happen.”
Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, the presiding judge, therefore granted the applications and adjourned the hearing till later in the month.
The party urged the judiciary not to budge under APC pressure but instead discharge its constitutional duties as an independent and impartial arbiter.
A cross section of the residents spoke in separate interviews on Thursday in Bauchi while reacting to the rescheduling of the state election by the Commission.
On Tuesday, Mr Tinubu approached the Court of Appeal, seeking leave to obtain the election materials for his defence.
