The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the hearing of the case of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress until 6 June.
This comes after the petitioner tendered more evidences from eight States.
Since Tuesday, 30 May, the Tribunal has been hearing petitions challenging the
Obi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar; and the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) are the petitioners.
On the other hand, the respondents include the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, and the APC.
According to results declared by INEC, Tinubu, 71, got 8,794,726 votes, 76-year-old Atiku polled 6,984,520 votes and Obi, 61, finished the race with 6,101,533.
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This was the first presidential election to deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) — an electronic system for accrediting voters before voting and transmitting results to the INEC server — as well as the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV).
The petitioner began by tendering m further evidence — certified true copies of INEC results — with that of Ebonyi State. The state has 13 LGAs.
The first to fourth respondents were opposed to this evidence, as in the case with all previous evidence tendered.
However, Tribunal had to adjourn to Tuesday, 6 June to continue with hearing of the matter of Obi Vs Tinubu and others, after the petitioner tendered more evidence.