Previously, the court had scheduled Monday, July 3rd for the respondents to present their case in defence of the petition filed by aggrieved parties challenging the outcome of the February 25th election, in which Bola Tinubu emerged as the president.
As per the schedule, INEC was expected to present their arguments against the petition filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday morning.
During the proceedings, INEC's counsel, A.B Mahmoud, SAN, informed the court that the commission had arranged for three witnesses to testify in support of their defence. However, he stated that one of the witnesses was unavoidably absent from the court.
Consequently, he requested that the matter be adjourned to the following day. The Presidential Election Petition Court, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, granted the request after the agreement of other parties involved in the case.
Three aggrieved parties and their candidates are challenging the outcome of the presidential election in court. The petitioners include the Labour Party and Peter Obi, the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the Allied Peoples Movement.
These parties, along with their respective candidates, filed separate petitions against the electoral commission, the president, the vice president (Kassim Shetima), and their party, the APC.
The petitioners concluded their case on June 23rd, paving the way for the respondents to present their defence before the court.
