Presidential Election Court merges APM, Obi, Atiku’s petitions

The Presidential Election Petition Court {PEPC}, on Tuesday, delivered its report on the pre-hearing on the petitions’

The Chairman of the five-man panel of the court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, who  also presented the trial schedule, read the pre-hearing report, which also included the declaration of the court’s decision to consolidate all the petitions to be heard as one.

Justice Tsammani equally announced that the hearing of the petition would commence on May 30, 2023, adding that after the adoption of written addresses on August 5, 2023, the court shall thereafter prepare for judgement.

Read also: https://wordspired.com.ng/tinubu-kicks-against-consolidation-of-atiku-obis-petitions-says-its-against-the-interest-of-justice/

The made this known when the petition of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi was called.

Wordspired reports that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress {APC}, had on Monday vehemently opposed the consolidation of the petitions, declaring that it was against the course of justice, as the grounds of the different petitions and the relieves being sought are different.