The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) for the third time, has stepped down the hearing of the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
PEPC court cited a poor schedule of documents being tendered to establish the allegations of irregularities during the February 25, 2023, presidential election for its action.
At Thursday’s proceedings, the court established that the documents were not properly scheduled as ordered by the court.
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Counsel to Obi and the Labour Party, Chief Emeka Okpoko SAN sought to use documents not filed to conduct the proceedings, but the move was rejected on the ground of illegality.
The court ordered the legal team to re-file the schedule of documents in line with the provisions of the pre-hearing report.
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