The Presidential Election Petition Court has resumed sitting in Abuja, the Nation’s Capital, for the respondents- INEC, the APC and its presidential candidate, to open their defence in the petitions of PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) and LP (Labour Party), who are challenging the victory of now President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
INEC was the first to lead the path by calling upon three witnesses in the Labour Party’s petition.
According to Abubakar Mahmoud, the Counsel to INEC, the first defence witness that was called in for this morning, was unavailable due to 'domestic urgency.'
He asked that the case be adjourned until tomorrow July 4th, a stand which was not opposed by counsels to the Labour Party- Levi Uzoukwu, APC- Lateef Fagbemi and Tinubu- Wole Olanikpekun.
The court therefore rose to reconvene at 2pm for the defence to open its case in the PDP petition.