In a further alternative prayer, the petitioners want the court to hold that the presidential election was void on the ground that it was not conducted substantially in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022, and the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has rejected the majority of documents presented before the Presidential Election Petition Court by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The rejection followed the admissibility of the material in accordance with the court-ordered pre-hearing reports binding on all parties in the case. Atiku Abubakar and the PDP will have to deal with the rejection of papers that was supposed to help their case before the petition court, as all of the respondents appeared to be opposed to their admissibility.
In his response, President Tinubu’s lawyer, Olanipekun, SAN, told the court that he was not opposed to the request for an adjournment.
Likewise, Mr. Abubakar Mahmood, SAN, who appeared for INEC, as well as counsel for the APC, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said they were equally not opposed to the request.