On Obi’s request, tribunal adjourns until Thursday in petition filed against Tinubu

On Wednesday, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) agreed to postpone the hearing until Thursday. This was done at the request of Peter Obi, who is running for president as the candidate of the Labour Party.

The petitioner requested a postponement of the proceeding, which was granted by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, the presiding Justice of the five-Man panel.

Counsel for the petitioner, Awa Kalu, SAN, told the court during the resumption of the hearing on Wednesday that the initial plans of Obi’s legal team were to present documents to the court today (Wednesday), but those plans were challenged by the sudden illness of a key staff member at the secretariat. Kalu told the court that Obi’s legal team had initially planned to present documents to the court today (Wednesday).

Because of this, the senior lawyer stated that “We are forced to pray for an adjournment until tomorrow.”

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Responding counsel for the first, second, third, and fourth respondents, all of whom are Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Abubakar Mahmoud, Wole Olanikpekun, and lateef Fagbemi, did not oppose the application.

On the other hand, they stated that because the petitioner had initiated the request, the time that had been wasted would be added to the petitioner’s total.

The petition was granted, and as a result, Justice Tsammani postponed the hearing until Thursday so that it could be continued.