The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal began the pre-hearing of all the petitions filed before it by different opposition parties seeking to upturn the election of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Monday.
Obi, who came third in the presidential race, had approached the court to cancel the election, stating that the president-elect and the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima were not qualified to run for the election.
Kenneth Okonkwo, the spokesperson for the party’s presidential campaign council, disclosed this on Monday via his Twitter page.
“After a brief pre-hearing trial, the case was adjourned to Wednesday, 10th May, 2023 at 2 pm prompt. With me is Alex Ejesieme SAN,” he said.
Earlier, SaharaReporters reported that the Tribunal had postponed the hearing of the petitions filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and the Allied Peoples Movement.
The APM had adopted Atiku as its candidate ahead of the presidential election, prompting its candidate, Princess ChiChi Ojei, to describe her party’s action as despicable and a setback for Nigerian women.
However, the presiding judge representing the tribunal panel, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammni on Monday postponed the hearing of their petitions to Tuesday.
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