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Court Adjourns Atiku’s Hearing to June 7

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Court Adjourns Atiku's Hearing to June 7

By Salihu Ali, Abuja.

The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned hearing in the petition by the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP Atiku Abubakar, against the election of President Ahmed Tinubu due to the alleged refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to make some necessary election materials available to him.

The Court, on Tuesday, shifted further hearing in the petition till June 7, pending the time the electoral body is expected to have responded to the request of Atiku and the People’s Democratic Party PDP for documents supply.

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At Tuesday’s proceedings, Eyitayo Jegede, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN who conducted proceedings for Atiku, sought to tender forms EC8A from 10 out of 21 Local Government Areas of Kogi State to establish the petition against Tinubu.

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The exhibits mainly documents used for the February 25 Presidential Election are those from Ankpa, Dekina, Idah, Ofu, Olamaboro, Yagba East, Yagba West, Kabba-Bunu, Igalamela Odolu and Kogi were sought to be tendered by the PDP presidential candidate.

Although the schedule of documents to the effect was filed along with the exhibits, the Court noted that tendering such sensitive exhibits at piece meals would not help, especially in marking and numbering them.

Court Adjourns Atiku’s Hearing to June 7

Jegede, who rose to the questions put to him by the Court, stood his grounds and blamed the INEC for deliberate refusal to supply his client with the vital documents.

The Senior lawyer hinted to the Court that Atiku had paid as much as N6M for supplying a true certified copy of the exhibits and lamented that the electoral body had not been forthcoming and cooperating as required and envisaged.

Jegede explained that to save the situation, the legal team of the former Vice President had to subpoena top officials of INEC to compel them to bring the required documents before the Court on their own.

However, in the end, the senior lawyer sought a 24-hour adjournment to enable him to approach the electoral body to do the needful.

Following no objections from counsel to respondents, INEC, represented by Abubakar Mahmud SAN; Tinubu, represented by Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN and the All Progressives Congress APC having Lateef Fagbemi SAN as lead counsel, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani adjourned the matter till June 7 for continuation.


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