The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has said he is supporting the call for a live broadcast of the proceeding made by the Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking shortly after proceedings on Wednesday, counsel to Mr. Obi, Levy Uzoukwu (SAN) said that for the interest of the general public, he is supporting a live broadcast proposal as the courtroom is not big enough to accommodate people.
However, at the resumed proceedings earlier, the senior lawyer informed the court that the parties unanimously agreed and sought the leave of the court for an adjournment by one week (May 17).
“My lords, we agreed that it will be better if the matter is adjourned to Wednesday, next week to enable parties file and serve processes, so when we come back, we will be sure the processes are ripe for hearing.
“We also agreed that before then, we would have agreed on documents to be tendered without being objected to and without being controversial,” he prayed.
Reacting, counsel to the respondents, respectively confirmed what the petitioner said. The respondents, through their various counsels pleaded with the panel that with the timeframe their documents will be ready for adoption.
The Counsel submitted that the procedure proposed which is subject to the panel’s approval, will hasten the proceeding.
On the bench ruling, the Chairman of the panel, Justice Haruna Tsamani, on the instance of the all the parties, adjourned the matter till May 17, to enable them streamline and bring up issues for determination.
Obi and his party are challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the presidential election that was held on February 25.
He wants the court to withdraw the Certificate of Return that was issued to Tinubu.
Also, Obi maintains that Tinubu was not even qualified to contest the election in view of his previous indictment and forfeiture of funds in a drug related case in the United States of America.
In his prayers, he equally posited that Tinubu was not duly elected with the majority of valid votes cast at the election, insisting that he failed to win the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as required by the Constitution.
