The court realized during Thursday’s sessions that the documents had not been properly arranged as directed by the Court.
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, was forced to postpone hearings in the petition brought by Mr Peter Gregory Obi and the Labour Party, LP, against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election for the third time.
The court dismissed the petition due to an inadequate schedule of documents intended to be produced in order to demonstrate the claims of malpractice during the February 25 presidential election.
The court realized during Thursday’s sessions that the documents had not been properly arranged as directed by the Court.
Many anomalies were discovered during the drama that transpired at the moment of producing the documents from Benue’s 23 local government units.
All attempts to reconcile the anomaly and reschedule the documents were futile because the faults were beyond immediate repair.
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Chief Emeka Okpoko SAN, counsel to Obi and the Labour Party, attempted to save the situation by using unfiled documents to conduct the proceedings, but the approach was rejected on the grounds of illegality.
Finally, the court adjourned the hearing on the petition and directed the legal team to re-file the schedule of documents in accordance with the rules of the pre-hearing report.
The hearing of Obi’s petition had three times ran into stormy waters, requiring the petition’s hearing to be shifted.
At the time of writing, Peter Obi and Datti Baba Ahmed, the Vice Presidential candidate, were in court as their lawyers raced to the Registry of the Court to file a new schedule of documents.
Meanwhile, the five Justices considering the case, chaired by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, have retreated to their chambers to await the legal team’s return.
