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 20th.
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The adjournment hinged on a fresh filing aimed at including additional facts and materials by the applicants.
Counsel for the applicants Paul Erokoro, SAN, had informed the court about the additional motion thereby stalling the proceedings.
Counsel for INEC, Yunus Usman, SAN, Counsel for President Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, and Counsel for All Progressive Congress APC Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, sought for time react to the new issues raised by the applicants.
In a short ruling, Justice Mary Peter-Odili, who led a five-man panel of justices of the court ordered that the all applications be adjourned until August 20th for the respondents to file their reactions.
