Tribunal rejects PDP’s, Atiku’s request to re-argue APC’s objection to petition
year’s presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, to re-argue a motion by the All Progressives Congress seeking the dismissal of the petition.
Justice Garba averred that it was established beyond doubt that the motion by the APC was duly served on the petitioners on May 16, a day after it was filed. “And since the petitioners in this matter did not advance cogent and verifiable reasons for exercising discretion in their favour, we hereby refuse to do so.
The ruling party also asked the tribunal to strike out paragraphs in the petition, where allegations of act of thuggery, arrest, intimidation and conversion were made against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, the Army, the police and several other individuals who were not joined as defendants in their petition.
It prayed the tribunal that the petition be struck out together with the lists of documents and witnesses to be relied upon by the petitioners. By the agreed schedule of proceedings, as presented to the tribunal on Monday by petitioners’ lead lawyer Livy Uzoukwu , the petitioners have 10 days to call all their witnesses while each of the three respondents is entitled to six days.
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