The 2023 Presidential Election Tribunal has adjourned the sitting of the petition of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Obi is challenging the victory of Tinubu in the February 25 polls, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Tribunal adjourned the case till Friday, May 19 for the continuation of pre-hearing.
Agreement Of Documents
The court headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani fixed the date, following the failure of parties in the petition to agree on documents among other reasons.
During the sitting on Wednesday, the legal team of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi led by Livy Uzoukwu alleged that the INEC had refused to provide what they needed to prosecute their case.
The legal team told the court at the resumed hearing of the 2023 Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja that INEC refused to give them 70% of the evidence which they were required to give by law.
The team said specifically in Rivers State, they were not given anything.
INEC Speaks
However, counsel for INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud, disagreed with the allegations.
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He argued that the Labour Party team did not show up for the meeting as agreed. Also, they claimed that on the date of the rescheduled meeting, the Labour Party team walked out ‘unhappy’.
The INEC lawyer added that the documents for Rivers and Sokoto states, where indeed provided, but the Labour Party refused to pay the sum of 1.5million Naira for Sokoto State, and the Form EC8A for Rivers State. These forms have not been given to them.
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He said some documents were given to the party, but they refused to collect them until it was complete.
