COURT ADJOURNS ATIKU’S PETITION CHALLENGING TINUBU’S VICTORY TO MAY 18.

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has adjourned the pre-hearing session in the petition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar against the election of Bola Tinubu to May 18, 2023, and also his petition for the live coverage of proceedings.

Atiku’s lead counsel Chris Uche informed the court that all the lawyers jointly agreed to next Thursday’s return date to allow their teams to sort out documents to be tendered during the hearing of the petition.

In response, counsels to the president-elect and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said they were served on Tuesday, but assured the court that their responses would be ready between Monday and Tuesday next week.

It would be recalled that the tribunal had also adjourned the pre-hearing sessions of the petition brought against Tinubu by the Labor Party and Peter Obi to enable them to put their house in order on various issues relating to the petition.