Tribunal Fixes Aug 21 For Final Arguments In Presidential Election Petition

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Thursday, fixed August 21 for final arguments over petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 elections.

The Tribunal made this ruling in the wake of the decision of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the two respondents, to close their case.

However, INEC had earlier closed its case without calling any witness.

Buhari’s legal team which called seven witnesses between Tuesday and Wednesday closed its case without calling an additional witness on Thursday, a move which the APC’s legal team also took.

The five-man tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba subsequently gave the three respondents an order to file and serve on the petitioners their final written addresses within three days starting from Monday, August 5.

The tribunal also gave the petitioners seven days from the time they are served to file and serve on the respondents their final written addresses.

It gave the respondents two days to file their final addresses in reply to the petitioners’ addresses, if necessary.

Justice Mohammed announced that the closing of final addresses would close on August 16.

He then fixed August 21 for the adoption of the final addresses by the lawyers representing the parties in the case.

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