The presidential election petition tribunal has adjourned the case of the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate to Thursday...
The presidential election petition tribunal has adjourned the case of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the last election, Peter Obi, to Thursday.
Obi and LP filed a petition challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election. At the court session on Wednesday, Awa Kalu, petitioners’ counsel, informed the five-member panel of the court headed by Haruna Tsammani, that due to “an unexpected development,” he would be seeking for an adjournment until Thursday.AdvertisementLawyers to the respondents–Wole Olanipekun for Tinubu, Lateef Fagbemi for the All Progressives Congress and Abubakar Mahmoud for the Independent National Electoral Commission – did not oppose Kalu’s request for an adjournment.
However, the chair of the panel reminded the petitioners’ legal team that they were eating into their allotted time.Subsequently, the suit was adjourned until Thursday for further hearing.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Atiku tenders 118 exhibits to prove case against Tinubu | Obi calls first witness | TheCableAtiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has tendered a total of 118 exhibits before the presidential...
Read more »
I’ll treat Obi, Atiku with respect, says TinubuPresident Bola Tinubu, on Monday, in Abuja, said he will extend the courtesy worthy of a fellow compatriot to his opponents in the February 25 election that brought him to power.
Read more »
JUST IN: Case in US court was civil forfeiture proceeding – LP/Obi’s witnessThe Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) heard on Tuesday that the proceedings before a United States (US) court in respect of which President Bola Tinubu allegedly forfeited $460,000 was a civil forfeiture case. A lawyer and first petitioners’ witness in the petition by the Labour Party (LP) and Peter Obi, Lawrence Uchechukwu Nnana Nwakaeti, who said this, added that he is not aware of any charge against Tinubu. Nwakaeti, through whom the petitioners tendered documents in relation to the said US court proceedings, which was marked “exhibit PA5,” said the documents were not registered in Nigeria. The witness, when being cross-examined by Wole Olanipekun (SAN), lawyer to Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettma, said the documents were not accompanied with a certificate from either the Nigerian Consular in the US or US Consular in Nigeria. Nwakaeti said he would be surprised if the documents did not indicate that Tinubu was fined. Under cross-examination by Lateef…
Read more »
Obi Calls First Witness against Tinubu – THISDAYLIVE
Read more »
Tribunal Admits U.S. Court Judgment, Other Documents Tendered By Peter Obi Against Tinubu | Sahara ReportersThe Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has admitted in evidence documents tendered by the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, to defend his petition against President Bola Tinubu. Obi had filed a petition at the tribunal to challenge Tinubu’s victory in the election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Tinubu was sworn in as President on Monday, May 29.
Read more »
Peter Obi seeks adjournment of petition against TinubuPeter Obi’s lawyer requested an adjournment of hearing on Wednesday.
Read more »