PEPT adjourns as INEC witness fails to show up

 

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, PEPT sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja has adjourned sitting following failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to present its witness.

But at the hearing today, Counsel to INEC, informed the court that the witness it hopes to present before the court failed to show up for no reason, forcing the court to adjourn to tomorrow for INEC to present its witness.

INEC was scheduled to present three witness to validate the results through which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged as President before the court.

During the sitting, Dr Datti Ahmed, Vice Presidential Candidate of Labour Party announced appearance for the Second Petitioner (LP), while Mrs May Agbamuche, Chair INEC Legal Services, announced for INEC.

AB Mahmood SAN, Counsel for INEC told the court that INEC has 3 witnesses; One was slated to appear this morning but couldn’t, due to some emergencies.

He described the development as unfortunate and applied for adjournment
Counsel for LP, BAT/Shett & APC’s agreed with INEC and the court adjourned proceedings for INEC to Tuesday, July 4, 2023 by 9 am.