The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to Friday, May 9, 2023, the continuation of the hearing of the petition by the Allied Peoples Movement.
The court made the decision at the instance of the petitioners, who requested more time to take a stance on the status of their petition.
The APM is challenging the outcome of the election that produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as president and Kashim Shettima as vice president.
They are contending that Tinubu was not qualified to run for the presidential office because he did not have a validly nominated vice president, hence, he was not validly sponsored by the APC.
Listed as 1st to 5th respondents in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission, the APC, Bola Tinubu, Kashim Shettima and Kabir Masari.
The party stated that “the third respondent lost his candidacy and was no longer qualified to contest the presidential election. When the fifth respondent withdrew his nomination as the 2nd respondent’s vice presidential candidate for his said presidential election.” (PUNCH)
