Tinubu: Court adjourns hearing on Peter Obi’s petition till Wednesday

By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja

The Presidential Election Petition Court(PEPC)

Abuja has adjourned till Wednesday, further pre-hearing session on the petition of the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, and Action Peoples Party(APP) challenging Senator Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress emergence as president-elect.

The court asked the parties in the matter to go and harmonize their processes to determine the issues to be raised and object and come back Wednesday (10th

•as PEPC reveals it’s panel

May).

Justice Haruna Tsammani led a five-member panel adjourned the case of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, till Tuesday.

Among those in court to witness the proceedings included the presidential candidate of the LP, Mr Peter Obi.

Meanwhile, the PEPC, also, Monday, held its inaugural session, a legal ritual that precedes the actual hearing of petitions seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.

At the session, a five-member panel of Justices of the Court of Appeal that will hear and determine all the petitions challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the presidential election, were revealed.

Whereas the panel will be headed by the Presiding Justice (PJ) of the Abuja Division of the

Court of Appeal, Justice Haruna Tsammani, other members of the panel are; Justice Stephen Adah (PJ Asaba Division), Justice Minsurat Bolaji-Yusuf (Asaba Division), Justice Boluokuromo Ugo (Kano Division), as well as Justice Abba Mohammed (Ibadan Division).

In his opening remarks, the Presiding Justice, Tsammani, urged lawyers representing all the petitioners to avoid sensational comments, stressing that the court would not tolerate time wasting tactics and technicalities.

He said: “As we commence hearing of the petitions, let us avoid making sensational comments. Let us consider the safety and interest of the country, that is paramount.

“We should avoid unnecessary time wasting applications and objections so that we can look at substance of the case rather than unnecessary technicalities.

“Let us cooperate with each other so that every one will be satisfied that justice has been done”.