The petition by the Allied People’s Movement, APM, has again been adjourned.
The case of the APM mainly has to do with the qualification of APC’s Bola Tinubu on grounds of double nomination of his running mate, Kashim Shettima.
The court had at the last hearing been informed that a similar matter was resolved by the Supreme Court on the 26th of May, with the Justices directing the counsel for APM to seek a copy of the judgment in order to decide whether to proceed with his petition.
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But lawyer for the APM Yakubu Maikasuwa reported back to the Presidential Election Court on Friday that he’s yet to receive a certified true copy of the judgement and prayed the court to adjourn the petition for hearing.
The respondents who were not opposed to the adjournment also told the court that they are awaiting the complete copies of the judgement from the five justices that sat on the matter.
The Justice Haruna Tsammani led panel consequently adjourned the petition till the 19th or June for hearing.
