The Presidential election tribunal has given the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, three weeks to prove his case against the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This was stated during a proceeding at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday.
In order to ensure a speedy hearing of the petition, the court said there would be no oral examination of witnesses and that the adoption of witness statements will be required.
For star (or expert) witnesses, 30 minutes shall be used for evidence in chief, while 20 minutes will be for cross-examination and five minutes for re-examination.
OduNews had earlier reported that the chairman of the five-man panel of the court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, read the pre-hearing report which included the declaration of the court’s decision to consolidate all the petitions to be heard as one.
Following this, Tsammani announced that the hearing of the petition would commence on May 30, 2023.
Furthermore, he said after the adoption of written addresses on August 5, 2023, the court shall thereafter prepare for judgement.
