Election petition tribunal on Thursday shifted pre-hearing session in the petition of former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the election that saw Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the president-elect to May 18, 2023.
The Informant247 learned that Atiku’s petition was adjourned at the instance of lawyers in the matter in order to enable them to put their house in order on various issues relating to the petition.
Chief Chris Uche SAN, Atiku’s lead counsel, informed the court that all the lawyers jointly agreed to next Thursday’s return date to allow their teams to sort out documents to be tendered during the hearing of the petition.
However, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani shifted the matter to May 18, when there’s no objection from Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, who stood for Tinubu, Charles Edosomwen SAN, who represented the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Abubakar Mahmoud, who stood for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).