The Presidential election tribunal hearing the petition submitted to it by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressive Congress, has adjourned hearing of the petition till Wednesday, the 17th May 2023.
Disclosing this on his twitter page, Wednesday, the spokes person for the LP presidential campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo, said the adjournment was granted on the request of the parties to the petition.
Okonkwo said, “After a brief hearing of the matter, the court adjourned to Wednesday 17th of May, 2023, for continuation of hearing.”
“We believe God for a positive outcome with your supplications to God,” he added.
Similarly, the presidential election tribunal also adjourned till May 18, the hearing for the petition brought in by the People’s Democratic Party,PDP, and its presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu and the APC
The Tribunal earlier on Wednesday, reportedly, dismissed the petition of the Action People’s Party challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election and subsequent declaration as the ‘president-elect’.
The dismissal of the petition followed an application by the party to withdraw its petition challenging the outcome of the election.