Presidential Election Tribunal Resumes Sitting, Adjourns INEC’s Defence To July 4

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was the first to lead the path by calling three witnesses in the Labour Party’s petition.

Unfortunately, their first defence witness slated for this morning called to register his unavailability due to domestic urgency, that’s according to the Counsel to INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud.

He asked that the case be adjourned until tomorrow July 4th, a stand which was not opposed by counsels to the Labour Party- Levi Uzoukwu, APC- Lateef Fagbemi and Tinubu- Wole Olanikpekun.

The court therefore rose to reconvene at 2pm for the defence to open its case in the PDP petition.

Three aggrieved parties and their candidates are challenging the outcome of the presidential election in court.

The petitioners are the LP and Obi; the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the Allied Peoples Movement.

Following, the parties, together with their candidates in separate petitions dragged the electoral commission, the president, his Vice – Kassim Shetima and their party, the APC to court.

They had closed their case on June 23, leaving the stage for respondents in the matter to table their defence before the court.