The recent decision by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has stirred numerous questions in the mind of Nigerians.
As predicted by many Nigerians, the Tribunal, on Tuesday, ordered petitioners to start calling their witnesses from May 30.
The date the court gave is one day after inauguration.
What is the fate of the country?
Will Bola Tinubu’s inauguration still hold?
This are the questions the legal team of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic party, Atiku Abubakar, is seeking answers to.
The Fate Of The Petition
Atiku’s lawyer, Chris Uche, who is a Senior Advocate Nigeria (SAN), in a statement, spoke to supporters of the PDP candidate.
He urged them not to lose sleep over the May 29 inauguration ceremony of the President-elect Bola Tinubu whose electoral victory is being challenged in court.
“People are asking about May 29. We want to assure people that swearing-in (of Tinubu) is a ceremony that does not tie the hands of the court.”
According to him, a court can overturn a person’s victory regardless of whether or not a previously declared winner has been sworn in.
Fast Tracking The Case
Also, to make haste in handling of the petitions, the Tribunal consolidated all petitions before it into one.
Having established that they are all disputing the outcome of the 2023 poll.
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Also, Uche expressed satisfaction with the consolidation of all petitions of PDP, Labour party and Allied Peoples Movement.
Furthermore, he welcomed the three weeks the court gave them to prove their case.
He said the decision of the court was would help fast-track the case.
“We are very happy that pre-hearing session has been speedily concluded and we are going into proper hearing.”
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While lawyers to those who filed petitions spoke, lawyers to the Independent National Electoral Commission and Tinubu refused to speak to the press.
