During the pre-hearing of the petitions challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal adjourned to Tuesday.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) petitions will be heard on Tuesday, while Labor Party (LP) and Peter Obi’s petitions will be heard on Wednesday.
Prior to the next pre-hearing session, all parties were asked to identify issues to which they would object.
Additionally, the tribunal set May 10 as the date for the pre-hearing in the petition filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) challenging the February 25 presidential election.
On Wednesday, a five-member justice panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani set a deadline for submitting the applications in the matter.
APP and their presidential candidate, Simon Nnadi are asking the tribunal to disqualify the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu over his alleged non-qualification to contest the election.
They also argued that INEC failed to comply with the provision of the Electoral Act, 2023 by non-transmission of results, which robbed them of their victory in the election, adding that the election was marred by corrupt practices with the election results compromised in nine states.
They also contended that the APC and Tinubu did not score the majority of lawful votes cast in the election, including the mandatory 25 percent of votes in the FCT.
Earlier, counsel to APP, Obed Agu that he had filed a pre-hearing application for the APC and Tinubu to concede the election before the matter because of the weight of evidence at their disposal showing they didn’t win the election.
But lawyers to APC and Tinubu, Lateef Fagbemi and Wole Olanipekun, both Senior Advocates of Nigeria, informed the tribunal that they would deal with the issues at the right time.
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