BREAKING: Presidential petitions tribunal adjourns till May 18

By Okpe Felix, Abuja

The presidential election tribunal after pre-hearing session in the petition of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the election of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been adjourned to May 18, 2023.

It was gathered that the Atiku’s petition adjournment was at the instance of lawyers in the matter to enable them to put their houses in order on various issues relating to the petition.

Atiku’s lawyer Chief Chris Uche SAN, informed the court that all the lawyers jointly agreed to next Thursday’s return date to allow their teams to sort out documents to be tendered during the hearing of the petition.

It was learned that Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, who stood for Tinubu, Charles Edosomwen SAN, who represented the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Abubakar Mahmoud, who stood for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani agreed to the May 18 adjournment.