Tinubu: Court adjourns hearing on Peter Obi’s petition till May 10

The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja has on Monday, May 8 adjourned further pre-hearing session on the petition the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi filed to nullify Tinubu’s election victory till Wednesday, May 10.

The same date was also set for another petition by the Action Peoples Party, APP, as the court adjourned the case of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, till Tuesday.

According to the court, the parties should identify all the witness statements and documents they would rely on or object to during the actual hearing of the petitions.

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The presidential candidate of the LP, Obi was among those in court to witness the proceedings.

It was reported earlier that the  Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State was barred by the court from standing before it as the representative of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The Plateau state governor had immediately the first petition that was lodged against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election was called up, stood up and announced himself as Tinubu’s representative.

“My Lord’s my name is Simon Lalong and I am here to represent Tinubu,” the governor stated.

However, Justice Haruna Tsammani led a five-member panel that declined to recognize him as Tinubu’s representative.

“You cannot represent an individual. Tinubu is not a corporation that would need a representative,” the presiding justice held.

“My Lords, in that case, I will represent the All Progressives Congress, APC,” Governor Lalong responded.