The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday fixed
August 21 for final arguments in the petition filed by the Peoples
Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar.
This followed the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari and the
All Progressives Congress, the last two respondents to the
petition, to close their case on Thursday.
The petitioners are by their petition challenging the victory of
Buhari and the APC at the February 23, 2019, presidential poll.
The other respondent, the Independent National Electoral
Commission, 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.
The APC’s team also said on Thursday that it would not call any
witness.
The five-man tribunal led by Justice Mohammed Garba subsequently
gave the three respondents to file and serve on the petitioners
their final written addresses within three days starting from
Monday (August 5).
The tribunal 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, if necessary, file their
final addresses in reply to the petitioners’ addresses.
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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