Tribunal To End Hearing Of Obi And Atiku’s Petitions On August 8
Hearing of petitions filed by Labour Party and PDP by the presidential poll petitions tribunal is to end on August 8, 2023
The tribunal, during its Tuesday sitting also fixed may 30 for the take off of trials in the petitions
filed against the election of the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 poll
The hearing of the petitions are scheduled to end on June 23
For apc and its candidate, the tribunal ordered it to defend their victory in the poll within five days
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The same deadline was given to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to defend its conduct of the poll
It also directed Atiku and PDP, along with Labour party to present their joint petitions against the conduct of the February 25 presidential poll within three weeks
Justice Haruna Tsammani who read the tribunal’s rulings rejected the request of
Labour party’s lead counsel, professor Awa Kalu for seven weeks to present petitions.