The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), on Wednesday, adjourned to Friday, May 19, 2023 the petition by the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, against the victory of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Chairman of the PEPC, Justice Haruna Tsammani, while announcing the adjournment, gave the failure of the parties to agree on documents, among others, as reason.
Uzoukwu added that the party was yet to get documents with respect to Rivers State where the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the February 25 presidential election had announced that there were no forms EC8A available to be given.
However, counsel for INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud, disagreed with the LP counsel, saying the allegations were not true as the party did not show up for the meeting as agreed, and walked out of the rescheduled meeting.
Abubakar added that the documents for Rivers, were provided to the party but it refused to pay the sum of N1.5 million for the Sokoto State, and the Form EC8A for Rivers, which led to the electoral body withholding them.
In his ruling, President of the court, Justice Haruna Tsamani adjourned the pre-hearing to Friday with a warning that all parties must come prepared.