May 20, (THEWILL) – The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Saturday, asked respective parties to file responses as it planned to consolidate the three remaining petitions challenging the election of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
THEWILL reports that the only three petitions before the court are those filed by Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP); and that of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
At the resumption of the pre-hearing session on the petitions on Saturday, a five-member panel of the court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, asked lawyers in the case to address the court on whether the surviving petitions should be consolidated as provided in Paragraph 50 of the First Schedule to the Electoral Act 2022.
For emphasis, the Paragraph states: “Where two or more petitions are presented in relation to the same election or return, all the petitions shall be consolidated, considered and be dealt with as one petition unless the tribunal or court shall otherwise direct in order to do justice or an objection against one or more of the petitions has been upheld by the tribunal or court.”
Lawyers to parties, however, sought time to consult and report back to court on the issue.
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