Bola Tinubu, Nigeria's president-elect, has opposed the move to harmonise three pending petitions challenging his victory...
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, has opposed the move to harmonise three pending petitions challenging his victory at the tribunal.
Aggrieved by the outcome, the Peoples Democratic Pary and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party , are challenging Tinubu’s victory.The presidential election petition court had raised the issue of consolidating all the petitions and asked parties to address it.
“My lords, the issue of justice should be a restraint on the power of this court to exercise its discretion in granting the order for consolidation,” Olujinmi said.“My lords, when the exercise of power is subject to limitation of some conditions, then it cannot be said that the exercise is mandatory.
“We want to make it clear at this stage that it will be absolutely difficult for us to consent to consolidation of the petitions.Also opposing the issue of consolidation, Charles Edosomwam, counsel for the APC, argued that consolidating the petitions would be against the interest of justice.
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