Proceedings have been stalled at
the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) owing to a request by
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar’s lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), and
Atiku Abubakar himself.
When the case was mentioned a
little after 10 am, on Wednesday, Uzoukwu told the five-man panel tribunal,
that he has an application, which he would prefer to move in chambers.
He sought the understanding of
other lawyers in the case, following which it was agreed that the tribunal
suspends sitting and listen to the issues the lawyer to the PDP and Atiku wish
to raise.
Following agreement by the
lawyers that each party be represented, in the chamber meeting, by three
lawyers each, tribunal’s Chairman and President of the Court of Appeal, Justice
Zainab Bulkachuwa stood down proceedings, to resume later.
Some of the political bigwigs in
court include: Chairman, PDP, Uche Secondus (represented his party); former
Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu
(representing President Muhammadu Buhari), and former member, Lagos State House
of Assembly and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Babatunde Ogala (for the party).
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