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July 31, 2019
The hearing of a set of application filed by Atiku Abubakar, and the People’s Democratic Party PDP challenging some decisions of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal was on Tuesday adjourned until August 20.
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The adjournment hinged on a fresh filing aimed atincluding additional facts and materials by the applicants.
Counsel for the applicants Paul Erokoro, SAN, hadinformed the court about the additional motion thereby stalling theproceedings.
Counsel for INEC, Yunus Usman, SAN, Counsel forPresident Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, and Counsel for AllProgressive Congress APC Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, sought for  time react to the new issues raised by theapplicants.
In a short ruling, Justice Mary Peter-Odili, who leda five-man panel of justices of the court ordered that the all applications beadjourned until August 20 for the respondents to file theirreactions.