BREAKING: Tribunal Fixes New Date to Hear Peter Obi’s Petition Against Bola Tinubu, Gives Reason
- The presidential election petition tribunal has fixed a new date to hear the petition of Peter Obi and the Labour Party against Bola Tinubu of the APC
- Also on the defendants' list were the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima and INEC on the outcome of the February 25 presidential election
- Following the request from the parties to the petition for the adjournment, the court fixed Wednesday next week for the hearing of the matter
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FCT, Abuja - The petition of Peter Obi and the Labour Party against Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election has been adjourned by the presidential election petition tribunal.
According to The Punch, the tribunal adjourned the suit to next week, Wednesday, May 19.
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It was said that parties to the petition had requested the adjournment before the court decided.
Why did court adjourn Peter Obi's suit against Bola Tinubu?
Part of the defendants were the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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The parties involved had told the court that there were several yet-to-be-filed applications before they unanimously agreed on one week to seek out the filings and exchange the documents.
The outstanding documents entailed motions they intended to tender before the tribunal.
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The court then agreed with Peter Obi's counsel's position, adding that the decision would fast-track the hearing of the case.
In his submission, Justice Haruma Tsanani, the presiding judge in the suit, urged the parties to draw up the issues for determination, which was separate from the filing and exchange processes, ahead of Wednesday, the next sitting.
Obi, who came third in the 2023 presidential election, claimed to have won the poll, adding that he would reclaim his alleged stolen mandate at the court.
Tinubu leaves Nigeria to meet investors in Europe
Legit.ng earlier reported that Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has again travelled out of Nigeria to Europe, listing his agenda for the new trip.
In a statement from the president-elect's office, Tinubu will fine-tune his transition plans with some of his key aides and engage the European business community on the readiness of Nigeria to accommodate them.
However, the statement did not mention the countries the president-elect would be touching in Europe, nor does it reveal when he would return to Nigeria.
Source: Legit.ng
