The presidential election petition tribunal on Monday adjourned its sitting to Wednesday, the 10th of May on matters brought before it challenging the outcome of the just concluded 2023 presidential election.
This was disclosed in a tweet on Monday by one of the spokespersons for the Labour Party, LP, Kenneth Okonkwo,
‘After a brief pre-hearing trial, the case was adjourned to Wednesday, 10th May 2023 at 2 pm prompt,’ Okonkwo wrote.
Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that the presidential election petition tribunal commenced proceedings in Abuja, on Monday.
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Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi are challenging the declaration of Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the February 25 presidential poll.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission had declared that Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress polled 8,794,726 votes to win the election which generated so many talking points.
The commission declared that Atiku came second with 6,984,520 votes, while it announced Labour Party’s Peter Obi as the second runner-up with 6,101,533 votes.
But Atiku, Obi, and some other parties rejected the results announced by INEC and approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to annul Tinubu’s victory.
Africa Today News, New York had last week reported that the tribunal would begin pre-hearing today.
Atiku, in his 66-page petition, is praying the tribunal to declare him winner of the poll or order a fresh election.
On his part, Obi, in his petition, is also praying the tribunal to nullify Tinubu’s election.
Similarly, Atiku also filed an application for an order to allow live coverage of day-to-day proceedings on the case they brought against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.