Tribunal Adjourns APM Suit Challenging Tinubu’s Victory Till June 9

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the hearing of the petition by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) till June 9.

The court made the decision at the instance of the petitioners, who requested more time to take a stance on the status of their petition.

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APM had sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, All Progressives Congress, Tinubu, Shettima, and APC’s initial Vice-Presidential placeholder, Kabiru Masari, alleging that Shettima engaged in double nomination (as Borno South Senatorial District candidate and Vice Presidential candidate) contrary to the provisions of the Electoral Act.

But at Tuesday’s proceedings, Tinubu’s lawyer, Wole Olanipekun SAN, told the five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani that the Supreme Court had previously passed judgment in a suit related to the one challenging Shettima’s nomination.

APM had called for an adjournment to enable their team access to the higher court and take a stand on it.

The court subsequently adjourned to today, Friday.

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But at the resumed sitting on Friday, APM’s counsel, Yakubu Maikaswa SAN, said he has not been able to obtain the Supreme Court judgement and so, he was not in a position to state the party’s position on its impact on his petition.

Lawyers representing INEC, Tinubu, Shettima, APC, and Masari agreed not to object to the application for adjournment saying they too were yet to access the CTC of the Supreme Court judgment.

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