The Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the pre-hearing session involving Peter Obi of the Labour Party, the Independent National Electoral Commission, and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
The adjournment followed counter accusations between the respective counsels for Obi and INEC regarding inability of the LP candidate’s lawyers to gain access to election materials need for the proceedings.
While Obi’s lawyers accused INEC of failing to avail them with the election materials in line with court orders, the commission’s lawyer told the 5-man panel of the presidential tribunal that Obi’s team refused to pay the required fees to access the materials.
Recall that the court had on May 10, after agreement by lawyers to different parties, ordered them to meet and agree on documents relevant to the case as well as file in all their processes and replies before today, May 17.
But at the resumed pre-hearing on Wednesday, Obi and LP’s lead counsel, Livy Uzoukwu SAN informed the court that his team’s meeting with INEC on Tuesday did not yield positive results.
Quoting Uzoukwu, “deep regret, we wish to say that up till now INEC is yet to give us 70 percent of all the documents they promised to give us.”
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