The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has indicated interest to close his petition against the president, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, June 22. The lead counsel to the party and Atiku, Chris Uche, said this at the resumed hearing in their petition on Tuesday.
In a joint petition, the duo is challenging the outcome of the February 25 election, which produced Tinubu as the elected president as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The petitioners, according to the pre-hearing schedule drafted by the court, were given three weeks to prove their case, which was expected to end on Tuesday.
However, they were granted two extra days, which they lost in the course of the proceedings for different reasons – one of which was the June 12 public holiday in celebration of Democracy Day. Although the petitioners stated during the preliminary hearing in the case that the will call one hundred witnesses in aid of their petition, they have so far called only 25.
Chidozie Chima | September 12, 2024
