The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has delayed hearing on the petition filed by Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, until Wednesday, May 10.
On Monday, the Tribunal began hearing petitions filed by dissatisfied presidential candidates.
It was previously reported that the chairman of PEPT, Justice Haruna Tsammani, had dismissed the petition filed by the Action Alliance (AA) challenging Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s electoral victory in the February 25 presidential election.
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The petition was withdrawn by the petitioner on Monday, and the Tribunal dismissed it.
Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, the petitioner’s counsel, withdrew the petition and asked the court to dismiss it.
The petition’s defendants did not object to the petitioner’s prayer.
As a result, the Tribunal denied the petition.