Obi vs Tinubu: Pre-trial has ended, Trial commences 30 May, ends late August
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Pre-trial has ended at the The Presidential Election Petition Court hearing the three petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
The proper Trial will commence on 30 May 2023.
The Presidential Election Petition Court has also elected to consolidate the three petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Petitioners have 3 weeks to present their case from 30 May to 21 June 2023, as opposed to 7 weeks they asked for beginning from 30th May to 23 June.
Adoption of Addresses is set down for 8 August 2023, Time to include Saturday, Sundays are exempted.
The Proceedings are expected to drag till end of August, 2023.
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The court, in a pre-hearing report issued and read on Tuesday by Justice Haruna Tsammani, the five-member panel of the court ordered the commencement of hearing in the petition by Obi and the LP on May 30.
The court directed that the petitioners should conduct their case within three weeks, during which it should call its planned 50 witnesses, begining from May 30 when they shall begin to call witnesses and close in June 23.
The PEPC stated that trial in the petition will end on August 5 when lawyers to parties are to adopt their final written addresses, following which a date will be set for judgment.
